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Spiral Galaxy M81 Details 1

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esahubble_heic0710d May 28th, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: A. Zezas and J. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Inner bulge and nucleus of M81.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0710d/

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: Bode's Galaxy • Messier 81
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Component > Bulge

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 55m 33.2s; DEC = 69° 3’ 54.8”
Orientation: North is 90.0° CW
Field of View: 1.8 x 3.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (V)	606.0 nm
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm

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ID: heic0710d
Subject Category: C.5.1.1 C.5.4.1
Subject Name: Bode's Galaxy, Messier 81
Credits: NASA, ESA and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA). Acknowledgment: A. Zezas and J. Huchra (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics)

Release Date: 2007-05-28T21:30:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0710d/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, V, B
Central Wavelength: 814, 606, 435

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 148.888173141, 69.0652168857
Reference Dimension: 2208.0, 4062.0

Reference Pixel: 1104.0, 2031.0
Scale: -1.3891791716e-05, 1.3891791716e-05
Rotation: -90.019999999999939
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: heic0710d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0710d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2007-05-21T17:03:27-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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