Turbulent Cauldron of Starbirth in nearby active galaxy (ground-based image)
esahubble_opo9814d May 14th, 1998
Credit: NOAO
This ground-based telescopic view shows that the dust lane girdles the entire elliptical galaxy. This lane has long been considered the dust remnant of a smaller spiral galaxy that merged with the large elliptical galaxy.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9814d/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- opo9814d
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.4
- Subject Name
- Centaurus A, IRAS 13225-4245, NGC 5128
- Credits
- NOAO
- Release Date
- 1998-05-14T06:00:00
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- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9814d/
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- Observation
- Image Quality
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- Bandpass
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- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 2522.0, 1928.0
- Reference Pixel
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- Rotation
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- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/
- Name
- 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
- opo9814d
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo9814d.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2003-12-09T17:51:01+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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