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Wide-field image of the Spiderweb Galaxy (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic0614c October 12th, 2006

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

This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is 2.8 x 2.9 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0614c/

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: LEDA 2826829 • MRC 1138-262 • Spiderweb Galaxy
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 40m 50.5s; DEC = -26° 29’ 27.5”
Orientation: North is 0.7° CW
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation: Hydra

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-
	DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: heic0614c
Subject Category: D.5.1.7
Subject Name: LEDA 2826829, MRC 1138-262, Spiderweb Galaxy
Credits: Digitized Sky Survey 2 and ESA/Hubble. ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble ).

Release Date: 2006-10-12T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0614c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Redshift distance from NED

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

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 175.210443487, -26.4909729037
Reference Dimension: 9823.0, 10369.0

Reference Pixel: 4911.5, 5184.5
Scale: -0.000279905001273, 0.000279905001273
Rotation: -0.67999999999999994
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: heic0614c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0614c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-02-22T11:45:09+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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