The area around dwarf galaxy DDO 68 (ground-based image)

esahubble_heic1421b September 25th, 2014

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around dwarf galaxy DDO 68. This ragged collection of stars and gas clouds looks at first glance like a recently-formed galaxy in our own cosmic neighbourhood. But, is it really as young as it looks?

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1421b/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: DDO 68
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 56m 46.5s; DEC = 28° 49’ 49.4”
Orientation: North is 0.6° CCW
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.6 degrees
Constellation: Leo

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
DSS (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	479.5 nm

ID: heic1421b
Subject Category: C.5.2.2
Subject Name: DDO 68
Credits: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

Release Date: 2014-09-25T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1421b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength: 825, 649, 479.5

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 149.193658791, 28.830397949
Reference Dimension: 10597.0, 9300.0

Reference Pixel: 5298.5, 4650.0
Scale: -0.000280126200606, 0.000280126200606
Rotation: 0.58
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: heic1421b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1421b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-01-07T13:50:03+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.