Spiral galaxy NGC 1309

esahubble_opo1432b August 7th, 2014

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

This image shows spiral galaxy NGC 1309. Astronomers have observed a rare type Iax supernova in the outskirts of the galaxy. The stellar explosion, known as Supernova 2012Z, s highlighted in the annotated version of this image. Links: NASA Press release Supernova 2012Z in spiral galaxy NGC 1309, annotated 2005-2006 Hubble Images of Progenitor System for Supernova 2012Z 2013 Hubble Image of Supernova 2012Z

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1432b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 1309
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova

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Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 22m 5.6s; DEC = -15° 23’ 43.3”
Orientation: North is 3.0° CCW
Field of View: 1.7 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Eridanus

ID: opo1432b
Subject Category: C.3.1.8
Subject Name: NGC 1309
Credits: NASA, ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA), and A. Riess (JHU/STScI)

Release Date: 2014-08-07T10:16:16
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1432b/

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 50.5234501064, -15.3953510862
Reference Dimension: 2055.0, 1414.0

Reference Pixel: 1027.5, 707.0
Scale: -1.38830545077e-05, 1.38830545077e-05
Rotation: 3.0200000000000009
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: opo1432b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo1432b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2014-07-31T11:41:33-04:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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