Galaxy NGC 4314 (Ground-Based View)

Esahubble_opo9821c_1024

esahubble_opo9821c June 11th, 1998

Credit: McDonald Observatory

This image, taken in February 1996 by the 30-inch telescope Prime Focus Camera at the McDonald Observatory in Texas, shows the entire galaxy, including the bar of stars bisecting the core and the outer spiral arms, which begin near the ends of this bar. The box around the galaxy's core pinpoints the focus of the Hubble image.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9821c/

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 12200+3010 NGC 4314
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_opo9821c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 22m 31.9s
DEC = 29° 53’ 43.3”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
8.0 x 8.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices
Esahubble_opo9821c_1280
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ID
opo9821c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
IRAS 12200+3010, NGC 4314
Credits
McDonald Observatory
Release Date
1998-06-11T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9821c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
185.632941453, 29.8953474176
Reference Dimension
353.0, 353.0
Reference Pixel
176.5, 176.5
Scale
-0.0003766694546, 0.0003766694546
Rotation
0.66000000000000025
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
opo9821c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:51:27+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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