Arp 87 from the DSS (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic0717b October 30th, 2007

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

An image of the region of sky around Arp 87. The interacting galaxies can just be seen towards the centre of the frame. The field of view is approximately 2.7 by 2.8 degrees across.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0717b/

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: Arp 87
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 41m 1.2s; DEC = 22° 26’ 37.6”
Orientation: North is 0.5° CCW
Field of View: 2.8 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation: Leo

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: heic0717b
Subject Category: C.5.1.7
Subject Name: Arp 87
Credits: NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Release Date: 2007-10-30T14:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0717b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 175.254976966, 22.4437656269
Reference Dimension: 10010.0, 10239.0

Reference Pixel: 5005.0, 5119.5
Scale: -0.000279882726272, 0.000279882726272
Rotation: 0.52
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: heic0717b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0717b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2007-10-29T12:06:25+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.