Hubble view of green filament in Teacup galaxy
esahubble_heic1507b April 2nd, 2015
Credit: NASA, ESA, W. Keel (University of Alabama, USA)
This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows ghostly green filaments, lying within the galaxy Teacup (also known as 2MASX J14302986+1339117). This filament was illuminated by a blast of radiation from a quasar a very luminous and compact region that surrounds the supermassive black hole at the centre of its host galaxy. Its bright green hue is a result of ionised oxygen, which glows brightly at green wavelengths.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1507b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic1507b
- Subject Category
- C.4.2.1 C.5.3.2.1
- Subject Name
- 2MASX J14302986+1339117, Teacup Galaxy
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, W. Keel (University of Alabama, USA)
- Release Date
- 2015-04-02T17:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1507b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Various (n/a)
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Blue, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- Bandpass
- Oiii, R, R+I, I, H-alpha + Nii
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 217.62401768, 13.6542095373
- Reference Dimension
- 1001.0, 1001.0
- Reference Pixel
- 500.0, 500.0
- Scale
- -1.33223558894e-05, 1.33223558894e-05
- Rotation
- -1.4599999999999991
- 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
- heic1507b
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1507b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2014-10-16T15:42:24+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
