Hubble image of PGC 6240

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esahubble_heic1318a October 10th, 2013

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASAAcknowledgement: Judy Schmidt

The beautiful, petal-like shells of galaxy PGC 6240 are captured here in intricate detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, set against a sky full of distant background galaxies. PGC 6240 is an elliptical galaxy approximately 350 000 000 light years away in the southern constellation of Hydrus (The Water Snake). It is orbited by a number of globular clusters that contain both young and old stars thought to be a result of a galactic merger in the recent past.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1318a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
PGC 6240
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Esahubble_heic1318a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 41m 31.4s
DEC = -65° 36’ 57.5”
Orientation
North is 16.5° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydrus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 475.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Orange
Esahubble_heic1318a_1280
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ID
heic1318a
Subject Category
C.5.1.4  
Subject Name
PGC 6240
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASAAcknowledgement: Judy Schmidt
Release Date
2013-10-10T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1318a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Cyan, Orange
Band
Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, I
Central Wavelength
475, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
450, 1017, 678
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
25.3807460743, -65.6159633129
Reference Dimension
3448.0, 3477.0
Reference Pixel
1724.0, 1738.5
Scale
-1.38863780261e-05, 1.38863780261e-05
Rotation
16.460000000000029
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
heic1318a
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1318a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2013-02-05T15:48:16+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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