Spiral Galaxy M100

Esahubble_opo9401c_1024

esahubble_opo9401c January 13th, 1994

Credit: N/A

The core of the grand design spiral galaxy M100, as imaged by Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 in its high resolution channel. The WFPC-2 contains modified optics that correct for Hubble's previously blurry vision, allowing the telescope for the first time to cleanly resolve faint structure as small as 30 light-years across in a galaxy which is tens of millions of light years away. The image was taken on December 31, 1993.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9401c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 12204+1605 • M 100 • Messier 100 • NGC 4321
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_opo9401c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 22m 55.0s
DEC = 15° 49’ 17.4”
Orientation
North is 25.9° CCW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2) Optical -
Esahubble_opo9401c_1280
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ID
opo9401c
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
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9401c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
185.729109598, 15.8215115035
Reference Dimension
461.0, 461.0
Reference Pixel
230.5, 230.5
Scale
-1.26002726466e-05, 1.26002726466e-05
Rotation
25.900000000000002
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
opo9401c
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9401c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:40:19+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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