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Spiral Galaxy M100

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esahubble_opo9401b January 13th, 1994

Credit: N/A

A picture taken with the WFPC-1 camera in wide field mode, on November 27, 1993, just a few days prior to the STS-61 servicing mission. The effects of optical aberration in HST's 2.4-meter primary mirror blur starlight, smear out fine detail, and limit the telescope's ability to see faint structure.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9401b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: IRAS 12204+1605 • M 100 • Messier 100 • NGC 4321
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 22m 55.0s; DEC = 15° 49’ 18.0”
Orientation: North is 24.7° CCW
Field of View: 0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC1)	Optical	-

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ID: opo9401b
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: IRAS 12204+1605, M 100, Messier 100, NGC 4321
Credits: N/A

Release Date: 1994-01-13T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9401b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC1
Color Assignment

Band: Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 185.729031524, 15.8216797808
Reference Dimension: 636.0, 636.0

Reference Pixel: 318.0, 318.0
Scale: -9.41484148554e-06, 9.41484148554e-06
Rotation: 24.700000000000049
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: opo9401b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9401b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:40:18+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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