Wide-field view of NGC 4634 and NGC 4633 (ground-based image)

Esahubble_potw1238b_1024

esahubble_potw1238b September 17th, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitzed Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin)

This wide-field view from the Digitized Sky Survey shows NGC 4634 and NGC 4633, a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Coma Berenices.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/potw1238b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 4633 NGC 4634
Subject - Distant Universe
Star
Esahubble_potw1238b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 42m 40.7s
DEC = 14° 17’ 47.5”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Pseudocolor DSS (None) Optical (B+R) -
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) -
Red DSS (None) Optical (I) -
Esahubble_potw1238b_1280
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ID
potw1238b
Subject Category
D.3  
Subject Name
NGC 4633, NGC 4634
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitzed Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin)
Release Date
2012-09-17T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/potw1238b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
DSS, DSS, DSS, DSS
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Pseudocolor, Orange, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, B+R, R, I
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
190.669782322, 14.2965251369
Reference Dimension
10641.0, 10671.0
Reference Pixel
5320.5, 5335.5
Scale
-0.000279933689, 0.000279933689
Rotation
-0.035381882686786006
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
potw1238b
Metadata Date
2012-05-29T12:12:56+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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