The whirlpool galaxy

esahubble_opo9420a May 19th, 1994

Credit: Robert P. Kirshner/Harvard-Smithsonian Center forAstrophysics, NASA/ESA

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has returned the most detailed images ever of supernova 1994I which is in the 'Whirlpool Galaxy' (M51) located 20 million light-years away in the constellation Canes Venatici.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9420a/

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 13277+4727 • M 51 • Messier 51 • NGC 5194 • Whirlpool Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Supernova; Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 29m 52.6s; DEC = 47° 11’ 54.2”
Orientation: North is 18.7° CW
Field of View: 1.4 x 1.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Canes Venatici

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Ultraviolet (Near-UV)	336.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Ultraviolet (Mid-UV)	255.0 nm

ID: opo9420a
Subject Category: C.3.1.8 C.5.1.1
Subject Name: IRAS 13277+4727, M 51, Messier 51, NGC 5194, Whirlpool Galaxy
Credits: Robert P. Kirshner/Harvard-Smithsonian Center forAstrophysics, NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1994-05-19T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9420a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Grayscale, Grayscale

Band: Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet
Bandpass: Near-UV, Mid-UV
Central Wavelength: 336, 255

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 202.46925291, 47.1983811855
Reference Dimension: 652.0, 530.0

Reference Pixel: 326.0, 265.0
Scale: -3.45724720008e-05, 3.45724720008e-05
Rotation: -18.719999999999992
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Telephone
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: opo9420a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9420a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:41:23+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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