Wide view of the Antennae galaxies [ground-based]

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esahubble_heic0615c October 17th, 2006

Credit: NOAO/AURA/NSF, B. Twardy, B. Twardy, and A. Block (NOAO)

This photo of the Antennae galaxies was taken with one of the NOAO telescopes from the ground.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0615c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Antennae Galaxies • NGC4038 • NGC4039
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 1m 56.2s
DEC = -18° 52’ 22.1”
Orientation
North is 42.3° CCW
Field of View
17.6 x 11.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Corvus
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ID
heic0615c
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Antennae Galaxies, NGC4038, NGC4039
Credits
NOAO/AURA/NSF, B. Twardy, B. Twardy, and A. Block (NOAO)
Release Date
2006-10-17T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0615c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
180.484188675, -18.8727991853
Reference Dimension
1420.0, 953.0
Reference Pixel
710.0, 476.5
Scale
-0.000206610200101, 0.000206610200101
Rotation
42.320000000000014
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
heic0615c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0615c.jpg
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2006-10-13T13:01:55-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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