The cartwheel galaxy

esahubble_opo9636a2 November 26th, 1996

Credit: Curt Struck and Philip Appleton (Iowa State University), Kirk Borne (Hughes STX Corporation), and Ray Lucas ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA

This close-up image of the galaxy's nucleus reveals the comet-like knots of gas. These knots are mostly confined to the core's left side and appear as white streaks inside the blue ring.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9636a2/

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: Cartwheel Galaxy • IRAS 00352-3359
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Lenticular

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 37m 41.0s; DEC = -33° 42’ 59.0”
Orientation: North is 52.6° CCW
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	814.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (B)	450.0 nm

ID: opo9636a2
Subject Category: C.5.1.3
Subject Name: Cartwheel Galaxy, IRAS 00352-3359
Credits: Curt Struck and Philip Appleton (Iowa State University), Kirk Borne (Hughes STX Corporation), and Ray Lucas ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA

Release Date: 1996-11-26T06:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9636a2/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

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

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength: 814, 450

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 9.42067958623, -33.7163755742
Reference Dimension: 192.0, 221.0

Reference Pixel: 96.0, 110.5
Scale: -2.77470744377e-05, 2.77470744377e-05
Rotation: 52.600000000000151
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: opo9636a2

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9636a2.tif
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Metadata Date: 2003-12-09T17:47:26+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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