Unusual spiral NGC 4921 in the Coma Galaxy Cluster

esahubble_heic0901a February 5th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA and K. Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)

This very deep image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope shows the spiral galaxy NGC 4921 along with a spectacular backdrop of more distant galaxies. It was created from a total of 80 separate pictures through yellow and near-infrared filters.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0901a/

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: NGC 4921
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 1m 27.0s; DEC = 27° 52’ 59.9”
Orientation: North is 28.3° CW
Field of View: 3.2 x 3.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (ACS)	Infrared (I)	-
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (Pseudogreen (B+I))	-
Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	-

ID: heic0901a
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: NGC 4921
Credits: NASA, ESA and K. Cook (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA)

Release Date: 2009-02-05T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0901a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

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, Pseudogreen (B+I), B
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 195.362449301, 27.8833129311
Reference Dimension: 3840.0, 3928.0

Reference Pixel: 1920.0, 1964.0
Scale: -1.38867327082e-05, 1.38867327082e-05
Rotation: -28.320000000000014
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: heic0901a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0901a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-02-04T12:05:17+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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