NGC 5256 (ground-based view)

esahubble_heic1720b December 14th, 2017

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

This wide-field image shows the pair of galaxies known as NGC 5256 and their surroundings as seen from the ground. In the upper left corner two planes crossed the image. Due to the long exposure their position lights cause long streaks in the final image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1720b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 5256
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 38m 17.2s; DEC = 48° 16’ 43.9”
Orientation: North is 1.1° CW
Field of View: 2.0 x 1.8 degrees
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	467.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	660.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (i)	797.0 nm

ID: heic1720b
Subject Category: C.5.1.7
Subject Name: NGC 5256
Credits: ESA, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2017-12-14T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1720b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Blue, Yellow, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, R, i
Central Wavelength: 467, 660, 797

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 204.571568503, 48.278861437
Reference Dimension: 7111.0, 6248.0

Reference Pixel: 3555.5, 3124.0
Scale: -0.000280181108453, 0.000280181108453
Rotation: -1.14
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org
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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: heic1720b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1720b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-11-05T17:31:02+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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