New Hubble image of spiral galaxy ESO 137-001
esahubble_heic1404a March 4th, 2014
Credit: NASA, ESAAcknowledgements: Ming Sun (UAH), and Serge Meunier
This new Hubble image shows spiral galaxy ESO 137-001, framed against a bright background as it moves through the heart of galaxy cluster Abell 3627. This image not only captures the galaxy and its backdrop in stunning detail, but also something more dramatic intense blue streaks streaming outwards from the galaxy, seen shining brightly in ultraviolet light. These streaks are in fact hot, wispy streams of gas that are being torn away from the galaxy by its surroundings as it moves through space. This violent galactic disrobing is due to a process known as ram pressure stripping a drag force felt by an object moving through a fluid.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1404a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1404a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1 C.5.1.7
- Subject Name
- ESO 137-001
- Credits
- NASA, ESAAcknowledgements: Ming Sun (UAH), and Serge Meunier
- Release Date
- 2014-03-04T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1404a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Green, Red, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- g, I, U
- Central Wavelength
- 475, 814, 275
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, -
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 243.350837777, -60.7580627614
- Reference Dimension
- 3460.0, 2366.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1730.0, 1183.0
- Scale
- -1.39013555027e-05, 1.39013555027e-05
- Rotation
- -80.939999999999941
- 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
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- ESA/Hubble
- Publisher ID
- esahubble
- Resource ID
- heic1404a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1404a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2014-02-10T10:47:10+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
