Hubble view of barred spiral galaxy Messier 83
esahubble_heic1403a January 9th, 2014
Credit: NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowledgement: William Blair (Johns Hopkins University)
This new Hubble image shows the scatterings of bright stars and thick dust that make up spiral galaxy Messier 83, otherwise known as the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy. One of the largest and closest barred spirals to us, this galaxy is dramatic and mysterious; it has hosted a large number of supernova explosions, and appears to have a double nucleus lurking at its core.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1403a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1403a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- M83, Messier 83
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)Acknowledgement: William Blair (Johns Hopkins University)
- Release Date
- 2014-01-09T16:20:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1403a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- APOD, other.
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Green, Green, Blue, Purple
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- V, I, B, U
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 547, 438, 336
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 204.251540572, -29.8631893734
- Reference Dimension
- 11405.0, 7419.0
- Reference Pixel
- 5702.5, 3709.5
- Scale
- -1.09957926381e-05, 1.09957926381e-05
- Rotation
- -84.680000000000149
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- heic1403a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1403a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-11-28T10:01:08+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
