Hubble ACS visible image of M51
esahubble_opo1103c January 13th, 2011
Credit: Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
This image by NASA's Hubble Space Telescope shows a face-on view of the spiral galaxy M51, dubbed the Whirlpool Galaxy. Taken in visible light, it highlights the attributes of a typical spiral galaxy, including graceful, curving arms, pink star-forming regions, and brilliant blue strands of star clusters.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1103c/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo1103c
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- Messier 51, Whirlpool Galaxy
- Credits
- Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Beckwith (STScI) and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2011-01-13T21:45:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1103c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, H-alpha + Nii, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 814, 658, 555, 435
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 202.480909783, 47.1958300526
- Reference Dimension
- 2685.0, 3617.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1342.5, 1808.5
- Scale
- -1.38927286584e-05, 1.38927286584e-05
- Rotation
- 89.600000000000023
- 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
- opo1103c
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo1103c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-12-08T13:53:57-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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