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Digitized Sky Survey 2 image of the Pinwheel Galaxy (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0602i February 28th, 2006

Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

This two-colour image shows 3.7 x 2.7 degrees of the surroundings around the Pinwheel Galaxy. It was composed from Digitized Sky Survey 2 images.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0602i/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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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 20.1s; DEC = 54° 23’ 32.3”
Orientation: North is 3.4° CCW
Field of View: 3.7 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-
	DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: heic0602i
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy
Credits: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble )

Release Date: 2006-02-28T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0602i/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 210.833798981, 54.3922978257
Reference Dimension: 13181.0, 9529.0

Reference Pixel: 6590.5, 4764.5
Scale: -0.000280175838479, 0.000280175838479
Rotation: 3.4000000000000008
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: heic0602i

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0602i.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-02-13T19:42:08+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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