Hubble NICMOS infrared image of M51
esahubble_opo1103b January 13th, 2011
Credit: Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Regan and B. Whitmore (STScI) and R. Chandar (University of Toledo, USA)
This image by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a face-on view of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. Taken in infrared, the imagereveals the Whirlpool's skeletal dust structure, as seen in near-infrared light. This new image is the sharpest view of the dense dust in M51. The narrow lanes of dust revealed by Hubble reflect the galaxy's name, the Whirlpool Galaxy, as they appear to swirl towards the galaxy's core.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1103b/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo1103b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- M 51, Messier 51, Whirlpool Galaxy
- Credits
- Credit: NASA, ESA, M. Regan and B. Whitmore (STScI) and R. Chandar (University of Toledo, USA)
- Release Date
- 2011-01-13T21:45:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1103b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- NICMOS
- Color Assignment
- Red
- Band
- Infrared
- Bandpass
- J
- Central Wavelength
- 1600
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 202.480918158, 47.1958265414
- Reference Dimension
- 2685.0, 3617.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1342.5, 1808.5
- Scale
- -1.38883943997e-05, 1.38883943997e-05
- Rotation
- 89.5199999999999
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 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
- opo1103b
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo1103b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-12-08T13:50:03-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
