M100 Full Field

Esahubble_opo9402b_1024

esahubble_opo9402b January 13th, 1994

Credit: NASA & ESA

This is the grand design spiral galaxy M100 captured with the second generation Wide Field and Planetary Camera (WFPC-2), newly installed in the Hubble Space Telescope. Though the galaxy lies several tens of millions of light-years away, modified optics incorporated within the WFPC-2 allow Hubble to view M100 with a level of clarity and sensitivity previously possible only for the very few nearby galaxies that compose our "Local Group." Astronomers must study many galaxies in a host of different environments if they are to come to understand how our own galaxy, our star, and our earth came to be. By expanding the region of the universe that can be studied in such detail a thousand fold, the WFPC-2 will help the Hubble Space Telescope to fulfill this mission.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9402b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M 100 Messier 100 NGC 4321
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_opo9402b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 22m 56.6s
DEC = 15° 49’ 16.7”
Orientation
North is 25.8° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 702.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo9402b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
M 100, Messier 100, NGC 4321
Credits
NASA & ESA
Release Date
1994-01-13T16:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9402b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
702, 555, 439
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
185.735691617, 15.8212996396
Reference Dimension
1495.0, 1483.0
Reference Pixel
747.5, 741.5
Scale
-2.77292550486e-05, 2.77292550486e-05
Rotation
25.7799999999997
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
lars@eso.org
Telephone
+49 (0) 89 320 06 306
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
opo9402b
Metadata Date
2007-11-27T13:45:47+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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