Central bulges of piral galaxies - NGC 5965 (ground-based view)

Esahubble_heic9902k_1024

esahubble_heic9902k October 6th, 1999

Credit: Allan Sandage (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and John Bedke (Computer Sciences Corporation and the Space Telescope Science Institute )

This ground based image represents a complete view of the spiral galaxy NGC 5965.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9902k/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 15328+5651 NGC 5965
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Component > Bulge
Esahubble_heic9902k_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 15h 34m 2.2s
DEC = 56° 41’ 10.4”
Orientation
North is 87.9° CCW
Field of View
6.8 x 6.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Draco

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Other (None) Optical -
This image was captured using a ground-based telescope by Allan Allan Sandage and John Bedke.
Esahubble_heic9902k_1280
×
ID
heic9902k
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.4.1  
Subject Name
IRAS 15328+5651, NGC 5965
Credits
Allan Sandage (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington) and John Bedke (Computer Sciences Corporation and the Space Telescope Science Institute )
Release Date
1999-10-06T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic9902k/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Other
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
233.509275757, 56.6862250266
Reference Dimension
669.0, 669.0
Reference Pixel
334.5, 334.5
Scale
-0.000169571245903, 0.000169571245903
Rotation
87.900000000000034
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
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic9902k
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:14:32+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In