Galaxy NGC 6251 Nucleus

Esahubble_opo9728c_1024

esahubble_opo9728c September 10th, 1997

Credit: Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA

A ground-based telescopic view of the core of the elliptical galaxy NGC 6251. The inset box shows Hubble Space Telescope's field of view. The galaxy is 300 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Minor.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9728c/

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
NGC 6251
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN
Galaxy > Component > Center/Core
Esahubble_opo9728c_1280
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ID
opo9728c
Subject Category
C.5.3.2   C.5.4.9  
Subject Name
NGC 6251
Credits
Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1997-09-10T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9728c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
400.0, 400.0
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
opo9728c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:48:45+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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