Wide-field view of NGC 1073 and its surroundings (ground-based image)

Esahubble_heic1202c_1024

esahubble_heic1202c February 3rd, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image from a ground-based telescope shows the location of and region surrounding NGC 1073.Several other galaxies are also visible here, most obviously NGC 1055, seen side-on, and Messier 77, seen face-on, both near the bottom of the frame.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1202c/

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 1073
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_heic1202c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 43m 40.5s
DEC = 1° 22’ 36.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
DSS (None) Optical (B) -
DSS (None) Optical (R) -
DSS (None) Optical (I) -
Esahubble_heic1202c_1280
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ID
heic1202c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1073
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
Release Date
2012-02-03T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1202c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance from http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/629/1/233/61838.text.html
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, R, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
40.9185680515, 1.37675515851
Reference Dimension
10693.0, 10714.0
Reference Pixel
5346.5, 5357.0
Scale
-0.000279699890091, 0.000279699890091
Rotation
-0
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
heic1202c
Metadata Date
2012-01-09T12:02:19+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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