Hubbles cepheid in the Andromeda Galaxy

Esahubble_ann1110a_1024

esahubble_ann1110a May 23rd, 2011

Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)

The Hubble Space Telescope has imaged the star field around the Cepheid variable V1 in M31. This image shows individually resolved stars in the outer disk of the Andromeda Galaxy. The soft, brown swirls are dust lanes are obscuring light from stars farther away from our line of sight. The blue cluster towards the upper right of the image contains massive young stars that are emitting intense ultraviolet light. The Cepheid variable, V1, the first Cepheid ever found outside of our own galaxy, is a moderate looking star in the lower left of the image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1110a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Hubble's Cepheid • V1
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Type > Variable
Esahubble_ann1110a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 41m 22.8s
DEC = 41° 9’ 35.1”
Orientation
North is 75.2° CCW
Field of View
2.6 x 2.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Andromeda

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (WFC3) Optical (R) 600.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (WFC3) Optical (B) 475.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Esahubble_ann1110a_1280
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ID
ann1110a
Subject Category
C.3.2.1  
Subject Name
Hubble's Cepheid, V1
Credits
NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
Release Date
2011-05-23T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/ann1110a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance to M31 in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
600, 475
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
10.344882083, 41.1597441352
Reference Dimension
7908.0, 7910.0
Reference Pixel
3954.0, 3955.0
Scale
-5.55730885585e-06, 5.55730885585e-06
Rotation
75.15999999999994
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
ann1110a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/ann1110a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2017-03-22T16:25:39.215018
Metadata Version
1.1
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