Ground-based, wide-field view of NGC 2366

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esahubble_heic1207b May 10th, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows a wide field of view around the dwarf galaxy NGC 2366.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1207b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 2363 NGC 2366
Subject - Local Universe
Nebula > Appearance > Emission
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 28m 52.0s
DEC = 69° 12’ 20.1”
Orientation
North is 5.7° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 2.5 degrees
Constellation
Camelopardalis

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Pseudocolor DSS (None) Optical (B+R) -
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Red DSS (None) Optical (I) -
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ID
heic1207b
Subject Category
C.4.2.1   C.5.2.2  
Subject Name
NGC 2363, NGC 2366
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2012-05-10T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1207b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Pseudocolor, Orange, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, B+R, R, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
112.216478325, 69.2055835929
Reference Dimension
10664.0, 8836.0
Reference Pixel
5332.0, 4418.0
Scale
-0.000279524860281, 0.000279524860281
Rotation
5.6999999999999984
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
heic1207b
Metadata Date
2012-03-21T13:44:49+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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