Galaxies' El Dorado

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esahubble_potw1210a March 5th, 2012

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA

The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has produced this beautiful image of the galaxy NGC 1483. NGC 1483 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation of Dorado the dolphinfish in Spanish. The nebulous galaxy features a bright central bulge and diffuse arms with distinct star-forming regions. In the background, many other distant galaxies can be seen. The constellation Dorado is home to the Dorado Group of galaxies, a loose group comprising an estimated 70 galaxies and located some 62 million light-years away. The Dorado group is much larger than the Local Group that includes the Milky Way (and which contains around 30 galaxies) and approaches the size of a galaxy cluster. Galaxy clusters are the largest groupings of galaxies (and indeed the largest structures of any type) in the Universe to be held together by their gravity. Barred spiral galaxies are so named because of the prominent bar-shaped structures found in their centre. They form about two thirds of all spiral galaxies, including the Milky Way. Recent studies suggest that bars may be a common stage in the formation of spiral galaxies, and may indicate that a galaxy has reached full maturity.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1210a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1483
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Type > Barred
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 52m 47.7s
DEC = -47° 28’ 35.7”
Orientation
North is 123.2° CCW
Field of View
2.4 x 1.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Horologium

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) -
Pseudocolor Hubble (ACS) Optical (B+I) -
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) -
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ID
potw1210a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 1483
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA
Release Date
2012-03-05T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1210a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Pseudocolor, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, B+I, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
58.1987159127, -47.4765885418
Reference Dimension
2867.0, 1752.0
Reference Pixel
1433.0, 876.0
Scale
-1.38816633112e-05, 1.38816633112e-05
Rotation
123.18000000000013
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
potw1210a
Metadata Date
2012-01-13T10:03:43+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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