M101 composite image: Hubble data (green component)

esahubble_opo0907d February 10th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA, K. Kuntz (JHU), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Lab.), J. Mould (NOAO), Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) and STScI

The yellow colour is Hubble's view in visible light. Most of this light comes from stars, and they trace the same spiral structure as the dust lanes.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0907d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Messier 101 • NGC 4547 • Pinwheel
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 3m 9.2s; DEC = 54° 21’ 13.0”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CW
Field of View: 17.7 x 17.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Ursa Major

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (ACS)	Optical (B)	435.0 nm

ID: opo0907d
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: Messier 101, NGC 4547, Pinwheel
Credits: NASA, ESA, K. Kuntz (JHU), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Lab.), J. Mould (NOAO), Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) and STScI

Release Date: 2009-02-10T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0907d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: ACS
Color Assignment: Yellow

Band: Optical
Bandpass: B
Central Wavelength: 435

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 210.788168826, 54.3536145634
Reference Dimension: 1800.0, 1800.0

Reference Pixel: 900.0, 900.0
Scale: -0.000164132905475, 0.000164132905475
Rotation: -0.16
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Email

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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: opo0907d

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0907d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:41:02.674667
Metadata Version: 1.1

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