Fireworks near galaxy NGC 4151 (STIS optical)

Esahubble_opo9718c_1024

esahubble_opo9718c 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

In this STIS spectral image of the oxygen gas, the velocities of the knots are determined by comparing the knots of gas in the stationary WFPC2 image to the horizontal location of the knots in the STIS image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9718c/

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 12080+3941 NGC 4151
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (STIS ) Optical -
Esahubble_opo9718c_1280
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ID
opo9718c
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/opo9718c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
STIS
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
488.0, 621.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9718c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:18+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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