Hubble ACS image of NGC 4068

Esahubble_opo0919c_1024

esahubble_opo0919c April 30th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA and K. McQuinn (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)

This image, taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, shows myriad stars residing in the central regions of the dwarf galaxy NGC 4068. The bluish dots are younger stars; the reddish dots, older stars. NGC 4068, located 14 million light-years away in the Ursa Major constellation, is part of a Hubble study of starbursts in nearby, small, or dwarf, galaxies. Based on this study, astronomers have found that starbursts continue 100 times longer than first thought, lasting 200 million to 400 million years. These galaxies show that starbursts are not isolated events, but sweep across a galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0919c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 4068
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst
Esahubble_opo0919c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 4m 6.5s
DEC = 52° 35’ 15.4”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View
1.5 x 2.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Yellow Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Yellow
Cyan
Esahubble_opo0919c_1280
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ID
opo0919c
Subject Category
C.5.2.2   C.5.3.3  
Subject Name
NGC 4068
Credits
NASA, ESA and K. McQuinn (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)
Release Date
2009-04-30T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0919c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Yellow, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, V
Central Wavelength
814, 606
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
181.0271023, 52.5876065
Reference Dimension
1844.0, 2805.0
Reference Pixel
923.0, 1403.5
Scale
-1.38882e-05, 1.3888241e-05
Rotation
0.27
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
STScI
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
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
opo0919c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo0919c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:02.485168
Metadata Version
1.1
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