The area around NGC 3314 (ground-based view)

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esahubble_heic1208b June 14th, 2012

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

This image shows a wide field of view around the overlapping galaxy pair NGC 3314. While the two galaxies look as if they are in the midst of a collision, this is in fact a trick of perspective: the two are in chance alignment from our vantage point.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1208b/

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 3314 NGC 3314A NGC 3314B
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 37m 14.4s
DEC = -27° 18’ 34.6”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CW
Field of View
3.0 x 2.1 degrees
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Pseudocolor DSS (None) Optical (B+R) -
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Red DSS ((COSTAR)) Infrared (I) -
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ID
heic1208b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 3314, NGC 3314A, NGC 3314B
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin)
Release Date
2012-06-14T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1208b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Old (1988) value from NED for NGC 3314 as a whole. No values for NGC 3314A or B individually
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None, (COSTAR)
Color Assignment
Blue, Pseudocolor, Orange, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, B+R, R, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
159.309937564, -27.3096086169
Reference Dimension
10566.0, 7579.0
Reference Pixel
5283.0, 3789.5
Scale
-0.000279945761775, 0.000279945761775
Rotation
-0.23999999999999996
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
heic1208b
Metadata Date
2012-03-07T12:10:25+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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