Hubble Images Sagittarius Dwarf Galaxy
esahubble_opo0431b November 11th, 2004
Credit: NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA )
This new image from the Hubble Space Telescope shows a small galaxy called the Sagittarius dwarf irregular galaxy, or "SagDIG" for short. SagDIG is relatively nearby, and Hubble's sharp vision is able to reveal many thousands of individual stars within the galaxy.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0431b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo0431b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.6 C.5.2.2
- Subject Name
- SagDIG
- Credits
- NASA, ESA, and The Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA )
- Release Date
- 2004-11-11T15:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0431b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, V, V
- Central Wavelength
- 814, 606, 435
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 292.494796, -17.681316
- Reference Dimension
- 3279.0, 3804.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1640.5, 1903.0
- Scale
- 1.38791338789e-05, 1.38252993172e-05
- Rotation
- -87.2
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- WCS info from NASA/Hubble
- 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
- opo0431b
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0431b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2004-10-27T11:23:28-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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