The Whirlpool Galaxy

esahubble_opo9617b April 24th, 1996

Credit: Nino Panagia ( Space Telescope Science Institute and European Space Agency) and NASA

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has snapped a view of several star generations in the central region of the Whirlpool Galaxy (M51), a spiral region 23 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Canes Venatici (the Hunting Dogs).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9617b/

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: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 29m 56.0s; DEC = 47° 11’ 33.7”
Orientation: North is 124.2° CCW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Canes Venatici

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	547.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	502.0 nm

ID: opo9617b
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: IRAS 13277+4727, M 51, Messier 51, NGC 5194, Whirlpool Galaxy
Credits: Nino Panagia ( Space Telescope Science Institute and European Space Agency) and NASA

Release Date: 1996-04-24T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9617b/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha, V, V
Central Wavelength: 656, 547, 502

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 202.483218886, 47.1926870399
Reference Dimension: 550.0, 558.0

Reference Pixel: 275.0, 279.0
Scale: -7.48170312462e-05, 7.48170312462e-05
Rotation: 124.15999999999998
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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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: opo9617b

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9617b.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2019-10-07T11:41:13.543453
Metadata Version: 1.1

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