Largest ever galaxy portrait - stunning HD image of Pinwheel Galaxy

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esahubble_heic0602a February 28th, 2006

Credit: Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF

This new Hubble image reveals the gigantic Pinwheel galaxy, one of the best known examples of "grand design spirals", and its supergiant star-forming regions in unprecedented detail. The image is the largest and most detailed photo of a spiral galaxy ever taken with Hubble.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0602a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 101 Pinwheel Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 3m 34.7s
DEC = 54° 18’ 3.6”
Orientation
North is 3.5° CW
Field of View
13.2 x 10.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (None) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (None) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (None) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
The Hubble data for this image was superimposed over ground-based images taken with the ground-based Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT).
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic0602a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
Credits
Image: European Space Agency & NASA Acknowledgements: Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble) CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF
Release Date
2006-02-28T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0602a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED.
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
210.894624886, 54.3010132646
Reference Dimension
15852.0, 12392.0
Reference Pixel
3685.0, 2881.0
Scale
-1.38767541849e-05, 1.38767541849e-05
Rotation
-3.5400000000000014
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
heic0602a
Metadata Date
2006-02-24T12:37:51+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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