Composite ultraviolet-visible-infrared image of NGC 1512

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esahubble_heic0106b May 31st, 2001

Credit: NASA, ESA, Dan Maoz (Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and Columbia University, USA)

This picture is a multi-wavelength composite made by seven individual exposures made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. These exposures were taken by the Faint Object Camera (FOC), Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS). This image is issued jointly by NASA and ESA.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0106b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 04022-4329 NGC 1512
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Type > Barred
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 3m 54.2s
DEC = -43° 20’ 55.6”
Orientation
North is 140.3° CW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Horologium

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Purple Hubble (FOC) Ultraviolet (U) 220.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Ultraviolet (U) 338.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 545.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (H-alpha) 659.0 nm
Orange Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 827.0 nm
Orange Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Red Hubble (NICMOS) Infrared (K) 1.9 µm
Spectrum_base
Purple
Blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
Orange
Red
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ID
heic0106b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.1.2  
Subject Name
IRAS 04022-4329, NGC 1512
Credits
NASA, ESA, Dan Maoz (Tel-Aviv University, Israel, and Columbia University, USA)
Release Date
2001-05-31T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0106b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
FOC, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, NICMOS, NICMOS
Color Assignment
Purple, Blue, Green, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Red
Band
Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
U, U, V, H-alpha, I, H, K
Central Wavelength
220, 338, 545, 659, 827, 1600, 1870
Start Time
Integration Time
596, 2500, 900, 5200, 1100, 640, 640
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
60.9758047938, -43.3487851509
Reference Dimension
564.0, 573.0
Reference Pixel
283.0, 287.5
Scale
-1.26545979264e-05, 1.26545979264e-05
Rotation
-140.27999999999997
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
heic0106b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:04:25+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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