Blue and gold
esahubble_potw1347a November 25th, 2013
Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASAAcknowledgement: Luca Limatola
This sprinkling of cosmic glitter makes up the galaxy known as ESO 149-3, located some 20 million light-years away from us. It is an example of an irregular galaxy, characterised by its amorphous, undefined shape a property that sets it apart from its perhaps more photogenic spiral and elliptical relatives. Around one quarter of all galaxies are thought to be irregular-type galaxies. In this image taken with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope ESO 149-3 can be seen as a smattering of golden and blue stars, with no apparent central nucleus or arm structure. The surrounding sky is rich in other more distant galaxies, visible as small, colourful streaks and dashes. A version of this image was submitted to the Hubble's Hidden Treasures image processing competition by contestant Luca Limatola.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1347a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- potw1347a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.6
- Subject Name
- ESO 149-003
- Credits
- ESA/Hubble & NASAAcknowledgement: Luca Limatola
- Release Date
- 2013-11-25T10:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1347a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- from NED
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Cyan
- Band
- Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, V
- Central Wavelength
- 814, 606
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 357.993975839, -52.5729316622
- Reference Dimension
- 3980.0, 3402.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1990.0, 1701.0
- Scale
- -1.3866336138e-05, 1.3866336138e-05
- Rotation
- -107.45999999999995
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- 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
- potw1347a
- Resource URL
- http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/potw1347a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-08-05T17:32:06+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
