NGC 604 in galaxy M33

esahubble_opo9627c August 7th, 1996

Credit: Hui Yang (University of Illinois) and NASA/ESA

This is a Hubble Space Telescope image (right) of a vast nebula called NGC 604, which lies in the neighbouring spiral galaxy Messier 33, located 2.7 million light-years away in the constellation Triangulum.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9627c/

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: Messier 33 • NGC 604
Subject - Local Universe: Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 34m 33.2s; DEC = 30° 47’ 4.4”
Orientation: North is 27.4° CW
Field of View: 1.9 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Triangulum

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Hubble (WFPC2)		-

ID: opo9627c
Subject Category: C.4.2.1.1
Subject Name: Messier 33, NGC 604
Credits: Hui Yang (University of Illinois) and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1996-08-07T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9627c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2
Color Assignment

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Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 23.6382788729, 30.784543159
Reference Dimension: 1127.0, 1201.0

Reference Pixel: 563.5, 600.5
Scale: -2.76850411202e-05, 2.76850411202e-05
Rotation: -27.399999999999977
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

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: opo9627c

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9627c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:46:50+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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