The lure of the rings

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esahubble_opo0415a April 22nd, 2004

Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)

Resembling a diamond-encrusted bracelet, a ring of brilliant blue star clusters wraps around the yellowish nucleus of what was once a normal spiral galaxy in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST). This image is being released to commemorate the 14th anniversary of Hubble's launch on April 24, 1990 and its deployment from the space shuttle Discovery on April 25, 1990. The sparkling blue ring is 150,000 light-years in diameter, making it larger than our entire home galaxy, the Milky Way. The galaxy, cataloged as AM 0644-741, is a member of the class of so- called "ring galaxies." It lies 300 million light-years away in the direction of the southern constellation Dorado.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0415a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
AM 0644-741
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Lenticular
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 43m 8.3s
DEC = -74° 14’ 5.1”
Orientation
North is 70.6° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Volans

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (R) 625.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0415a
Subject Category
C.5.1.3  
Subject Name
AM 0644-741
Credits
NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team (AURA/STScI)
Release Date
2004-04-22T15:03:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0415a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 625, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
100.7846459, -74.2347387
Reference Dimension
3628.0, 2357.0
Reference Pixel
1815.0, 1179.5
Scale
-1.38690413772e-05, 1.38989282287e-05
Rotation
70.620000000000019
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
opo0415a
Metadata Date
2004-04-19T14:35:18-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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