IC 3506 in the Virgo cluster of galaxies

Esahubble_heic0815d_1024

esahubble_heic0815d August 5th, 2008

Credit: ESA, NASA and E. Peng (Peking University, Beijing)

Virgo cluster galaxy IC 3506. Hubble's "eye" is so sharp that it was able to pick out the fuzzy globular clusters, which, at that distance, look like individual stars bunched up around the galaxies, instead of groupings of stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0815d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 3506
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Esahubble_heic0815d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 34m 6.5s
DEC = 12° 44’ 30.7”
Orientation
North is 114.1° CW
Field of View
1.7 x 1.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Yellow Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 475.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Yellow
Blue
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ID
heic0815d
Subject Category
C.5.1.4  
Subject Name
IC 3506
Credits
ESA, NASA and E. Peng (Peking University, Beijing)
Release Date
2008-08-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0815d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Yellow, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, B
Central Wavelength
814, 475
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
188.5271753, 12.7418626
Reference Dimension
2000.0, 2000.0
Reference Pixel
1001.0, 1001.0
Scale
-1.39712e-05, 1.3971175e-05
Rotation
-114.13
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
heic0815d
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:03.422174
Metadata Version
1.1
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