The area around NGC 6503 (ground-based image)

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esahubble_heic1513b June 10th, 2015

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

This image shows the area around galaxy NGC 6503. The galaxy, which lies about 18 000 000 light-years away is at the edge of a strangely empty patch of space called the Local Void.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1513b/

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 6503
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Size > Dwarf
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 49m 52.3s
DEC = 70° 12’ 53.2”
Orientation
North is 5.2° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation
Draco
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ID
heic1513b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.2.2  
Subject Name
NGC 6503
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2 (Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin)
Release Date
2015-06-10T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1513b/
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
267.467727769, 70.2147831539
Reference Dimension
8945.0, 9658.0
Reference Pixel
4472.0, 4829.0
Scale
-0.000279924906909, 0.000279924906909
Rotation
5.2
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
heic1513b
Metadata Date
2013-10-04T11:24:22+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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