Fireworks near Galaxy NGC 4151 (WFPC-2)

Esahubble_opo9718b_1024

esahubble_opo9718b June 9th, 1997

Credit: John Hutchings (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), Bruce Woodgate (GSFC/NASA/ESA), Mary Beth Kaiser (Johns Hopkins University), Steven Kraemer(Catholic University of America), and the STIS Team

A Hubble Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 image of the oxygen emission (5007 Angstroms) from the gas at the heart of NGC 4151. Though the twin cone structure can be seen, the image does not provide any information about the motion of the oxygen gas.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9718b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 12080+3941 NGC 4151
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert
Esahubble_opo9718b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 10m 32.4s
DEC = 39° 24’ 19.6”
Orientation
North is 103.3° CW
Field of View
0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Canes Venatici

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (OIII) 500.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Esahubble_opo9718b_1280
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ID
opo9718b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.3.2.2  
Subject Name
IRAS 12080+3941, NGC 4151
Credits
John Hutchings (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), Bruce Woodgate (GSFC/NASA/ESA), Mary Beth Kaiser (Johns Hopkins University), Steven Kraemer(Catholic University of America), and the STIS Team
Release Date
1997-06-09T18:45:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9718b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
OIII
Central Wavelength
500
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
182.635197085, 39.4054480431
Reference Dimension
348.0, 310.0
Reference Pixel
174.0, 155.0
Scale
-1.45248369477e-05, 1.45248369477e-05
Rotation
-103.30000000000003
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
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
opo9718b
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:17+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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