Hubble snaps images of a pinwheel-shaped galaxy

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esahubble_opo0607a February 7th, 2006

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

This dramatic spiral galaxy is one of the latest viewed by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Stunning details of the face-on spiral galaxy, cataloged as NGC 1309, are captured in this colour image. NGC 1309 was home to supernova SN 2002fk, whose light reached Earth in September 2002. NGC 1309 resides 100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) from Earth. It is one of about 200 galaxies that make up the Eridanus group of galaxies.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0607a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1309
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 22m 5.7s
DEC = -15° 23’ 47.7”
Orientation
North is 3.0° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0607a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1309
Credits
NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team, (STScI/AURA) and A. Riess (STScI)
Release Date
2006-02-07T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0607a/
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, B
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
50.5236936975, -15.3965822061
Reference Dimension
3440.0, 3208.0
Reference Pixel
1865.8543546, 1941.95913192
Scale
-1.388107e-05, 1.388107e-05
Rotation
2.992
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
opo0607a
Metadata Date
2006-02-01T16:13:08-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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