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esahubble_heic0604d April 24th, 2006

Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, and JPL-Caltech

Composite of images of the active galaxy Messier 82 from the three Great Observatories: Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra X-Ray Observatory, and Spitzer Space Telescope. X-ray data recorded by Chandra appears here in blue, infrared light recorded by Spitzer appears in red. Hubble's observation of hydrogen emission appears in orange. Hubble's bluest observation appears in yellow-green.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0604d/

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: Cigar Galaxy • Messier 82
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 55m 50.9s; DEC = 69° 40’ 55.7”
Orientation: North is 50.1° CCW
Field of View: 10.7 x 8.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	440.0 nm
	Chandra (ACIS)	X-ray	826.0 pm

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ID: heic0604d
Subject Category: C.5.3.3
Subject Name: Cigar Galaxy, Messier 82
Credits: NASA, ESA, CXC, and JPL-Caltech

Release Date: 2006-04-24T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0604d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Chandra
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACIS
Color Assignment: Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, X-ray
Bandpass: H-alpha, B, -
Central Wavelength: 656, 440, 0.826

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 148.9622233, 69.6821375
Reference Dimension: 6449.0, 5235.0

Reference Pixel: 3225.5, 2618.5
Scale: 2.77780047942e-05, 2.77488937041e-05
Rotation: 50.059999999999945
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: WCS info from NASA/Hubble

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic0604d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0604d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-04-17T11:29:10-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.0

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