Spiral galaxy M81

Esahubble_opo1438b_1024

esahubble_opo1438b September 10th, 2014

Credit: NASA, ESA, A. Zezas (CfA), and A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) Acknowledgment: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) & O. Fox (University of California, Berkeley)

This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope photo shows the majestic spiral galaxy M81. In the midsts of this galaxy is the supernova 1993J which was recently found to have a companion star which had been hidden in the glow of the supernova for 21 years. The location of the supernova can be seen in the annotated version of this image. Links: NASA Press release Artist's impression of supernova 1993J Supernova 1993J in spiral galaxy M81 Supernova 1993J Scenario for Type IIb supernova 1993J

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1438b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M81
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_opo1438b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 9h 55m 45.6s
DEC = 69° 0’ 45.5”
Orientation
North is 0.6° CCW
Field of View
8.8 x 6.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
Esahubble_opo1438b_1280
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ID
opo1438b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
M81
Credits
NASA, ESA, A. Zezas (CfA), and A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) Acknowledgment: Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) & O. Fox (University of California, Berkeley)
Release Date
2014-09-10T11:55:18
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1438b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
435, 606, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
148.940052862, 69.0126312791
Reference Dimension
10555.0, 7223.0
Reference Pixel
5277.0, 3611.0
Scale
-1.38976876532e-05, 1.38976876532e-05
Rotation
0.55999999999999961
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
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
opo1438b
Metadata Date
2014-08-08T14:23:51-04:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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