Hubble view of NGC 922

Esahubble_heic1218a_1024

esahubble_heic1218a December 6th, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA

An almost complete circle of bright pink nebulae skirts around a spiral galaxy in this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 922. The ring structure and the galaxys distorted spiral shape result from a smaller galaxy scoring a cosmic bullseye, hitting the centre of NGC 922 some 330 million years ago.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1218a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 922
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Ring
Esahubble_heic1218a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 25m 4.5s
DEC = -24° 47’ 15.8”
Orientation
North is 52.6° CCW
Field of View
2.2 x 2.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 547.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Optical (redshifted H-alpha + [N II]) 665.0 nm
Luminosity Hubble (WFC3) Optical (R) 621.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Red
Luminosity
Esahubble_heic1218a_1280
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ID
heic1218a
Subject Category
C.5.1.5  
Subject Name
NGC 922
Credits
NASA, ESA
Release Date
2012-12-06T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1218a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Red, Luminosity
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, V, I, redshifted H-alpha + [N II], R
Central Wavelength
439, 547, 814, 665, 621
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
-, -, None, -, -
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
36.2686252329, -24.7877169605
Reference Dimension
3291.0, 3291.0
Reference Pixel
1281.07887133, 1486.27873876
Scale
-1.10056e-05, 1.10056e-05
Rotation
52.563
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1218a
Metadata Date
2012-02-14T12:24:16+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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