NGC 1132 wide-field (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic0804d_1024

esahubble_heic0804d February 5th, 2008

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

This is a wide-field view of the region around NGC 1132, in the constellation of Eridanus, the River. The field-of-view is approximately 2.7 x 2.9 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0804d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1132
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Galaxy > Size > Giant
Esahubble_heic0804d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 53m 0.3s
DEC = -1° 15’ 55.4”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
2.7 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Esahubble_heic0804d_1280
×
ID
heic0804d
Subject Category
C.5.1.4   C.5.2.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1132
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
Release Date
2008-02-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0804d/
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
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
43.2511985996, -1.26538554266
Reference Dimension
9729.0, 10433.0
Reference Pixel
4864.5, 5216.5
Scale
-0.000279944261131, 0.000279944261131
Rotation
0.14
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
heic0804d
Metadata Date
2008-02-04T16:29:10+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In