Through the elliptical haze

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esahubble_potw1548a November 30th, 2015

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast)

Like a lighthouse in the fog the luminous core of NGC 2768 slowly fades outwards to a dull white haze in this image taken by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. NGC 2768 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major (The Great Bear). It is a huge bundle of stars, dominated by a bright central region, where a supermassive black hole feasts on a constant stream of gas and dust being fed to it by its galactic host. The galaxy is also marked by a prominent plume of dust reaching out from the centre and lying perpendicular to the galaxys plane. This dust conceals a symmetrical, s-shaped pair of jets that are being produced by the supermassive black hole as it feeds.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1548a/

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 2768
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 9h 11m 29.2s
DEC = 60° 1’ 39.6”
Orientation
North is 2.7° CCW
Field of View
3.4 x 3.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (H-alpha) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
potw1548a
Subject Category
C.5.3.2.2  
Subject Name
NGC 2768
Credits
ESA/Hubble, NASA and S. Smartt (Queen's University Belfast)
Release Date
2015-11-30T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1548a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, H-alpha, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 658, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
137.871769516, 60.0276742167
Reference Dimension
4059.0, 3902.0
Reference Pixel
2029.5, 1951.0
Scale
-1.38646317076e-05, 1.38646317076e-05
Rotation
2.6999999999999997
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
potw1548a
Metadata Date
2015-07-30T14:08:23+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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