Wide view of the Antennae galaxies (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic0615d_1024

esahubble_heic0615d October 17th, 2006

Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: 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 2.8 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0615d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Antennae Galaxies NGC4038 NGC4039
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Esahubble_heic0615d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 1m 59.1s
DEC = -18° 51’ 50.0”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation
Corvus
Esahubble_heic0615d_1280
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ID
heic0615d
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
Antennae Galaxies, NGC4038, NGC4039
Credits
ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
Release Date
2006-10-17T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0615d/
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
180.496372722, -18.8638872335
Reference Dimension
10208.0, 10356.0
Reference Pixel
5104.0, 5178.0
Scale
-0.000280213769278, 0.000280213769278
Rotation
0.22000000000000003
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0615d
Metadata Date
2006-10-13T16:34:34+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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