I Zwicky 18 (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic0716c October 16th, 2007

Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

A wide field image of the sky around the galaxy I Zwicky 18 taken on the ground by the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is approximately 2.7 x 2.8 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0716c/

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: I Zw 18
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Irregular; Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 33m 49.8s; DEC = 55° 14’ 42.0”
Orientation: North is 1.9° CW
Field of View: 2.8 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

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

ID: heic0716c
Subject Category: C.5.1.6 C.5.2.2
Subject Name: I Zw 18
Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Release Date: 2007-10-16T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0716c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

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

Start Time
Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 143.457498533, 55.2449964832
Reference Dimension: 9800.0, 9973.0

Reference Pixel: 4900.0, 4986.5
Scale: -0.000283197940377, 0.000283197940377
Rotation: -1.9
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: heic0716c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0716c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2007-10-11T11:03:44+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.