The area around the Andromeda Galaxy (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1502b January 5th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows the area around the Andromeda galaxy otherwise known as M31.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Andromeda Galaxy M 31 Messier 31
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_heic1502b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 43m 0.5s
DEC = 41° 15’ 39.1”
Orientation
North is 1.9° CCW
Field of View
6.0 x 3.9 degrees
Constellation
Andromeda
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ID
heic1502b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Andromeda Galaxy, M 31, Messier 31
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
Release Date
2015-01-05T23:15:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1502b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
10.7522650252, 41.2608707142
Reference Dimension
21299.0, 13775.0
Reference Pixel
10649.5, 6887.5
Scale
-0.000283266682012, 0.000283266682012
Rotation
1.8960953290477054
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
heic1502b
Metadata Date
2010-06-05T22:02:34+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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