Hubble image of Messier 77

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esahubble_heic1305a March 28th, 2013

Credit: NASA, ESA & A. van der Hoeven

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has captured this vivid image of spiral galaxy Messier 77 a galaxy in the constellation of Cetus, some 45 million light-years away from us. The streaks of red and blue in the image highlight pockets of star formation along the pinwheeling arms, with dark dust lanes stretching across the galaxys starry centre. The galaxy belongs to a class of galaxies known as Seyfert galaxies, which have highly ionised gas surrounding an intensely active centre.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1305a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 77
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 42m 41.0s
DEC = 0° 0’ 52.3”
Orientation
North is 42.5° CCW
Field of View
-2.5 x -1.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (H-alpha) 658.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Red
Orange
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ID
heic1305a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 77
Credits
NASA, ESA & A. van der Hoeven
Release Date
2013-03-28T14:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic1305a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Cyan, Red, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
V, H-alpha, I
Central Wavelength
606, 658, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
40.6707967628, -0.0145352365501
Reference Dimension
2948.0, 2321.0
Reference Pixel
1474.0, 1160.5
Scale
1.39280775867e-05, -1.39280775867e-05
Rotation
42.480000000000004
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1305a
Metadata Date
2013-01-31T15:55:23+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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