NICMOS finds a golden ring at the heart of a galaxy (WFPC2 image)

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esahubble_heic0207e June 5th, 2002

Credit: NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA) and ESA

In this visible-light view of the galaxy NGC 4013, the star-forming ring (which is visible in a NICMOS image of the same region) cannot be seen because it is embedded in dust. The most prominent feature in this visible-light image - taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2) - is the thin, dark band of gas and dust, which is about 500 light-years thick. NGC 4013, which looks similar to our Milky Way Galaxy, resides in the constellation Ursa Major, 55 million light-years from Earth.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0207e/

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 11559+4413 NGC 4013
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 58m 31.2s
DEC = 43° 56’ 51.7”
Orientation
North is 5.7° CCW
Field of View
0.9 x 0.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
heic0207e
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
IRAS 11559+4413, NGC 4013
Credits
NASA, the Hubble Heritage Team STScI/AURA) and ESA
Release Date
2002-06-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0207e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
179.629878415, 43.9476814898
Reference Dimension
1008.0, 1008.0
Reference Pixel
504.0, 504.0
Scale
-1.41088780267e-05, 1.41088780267e-05
Rotation
5.720000000000006
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
heic0207e
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:08:53+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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