Spiral Galaxy ESO 0418-008

Esahubble_opo0104c_1024

esahubble_opo0104c January 11th, 2001

Credit: Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), the Hubble mid-UV team and NASA/ESA

This image is an example of a tiny, youthful spiral galaxy. ESO 418-008 is representative of the myriad of dwarf galaxies astronomers have seen in deep surveys. These galaxies are much smaller than typical ones like our Milky Way.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0104c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ESO0418-008 IRAS 03294-3022
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_opo0104c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 31m 31.1s
DEC = -30° 12’ 51.8”
Orientation
North is 163.8° CCW
Field of View
0.9 x 0.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) -
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (Pseudogreen (U+I)) -
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (U) -
Esahubble_opo0104c_1280
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ID
opo0104c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
ESO0418-008, IRAS 03294-3022
Credits
Rogier Windhorst (Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ), the Hubble mid-UV team and NASA/ESA
Release Date
2001-01-11T18:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0104c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: www.ncra.tifr.res.in/~basi/ASCIS/111-basi.blgless.3.pdf
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, Pseudogreen (U+I), U
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
52.8793888, -30.2143915
Reference Dimension
574.0, 526.0
Reference Pixel
288.0, 264.0
Scale
2.74868854829e-05, 2.75570323364e-05
Rotation
163.8
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo0104c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:17:13+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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