Hubble views bizarre cosmic quartet HCG 16

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esahubble_heic1514a June 18th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, ESO Acknowledgement: Jane Charlton (Pennsylvania State University, USA)

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows four of the seven members of galaxy group HCG 16. This quartet is composed of (from left to right) NGC 839, NGC 838, NGC 835, and NGC 833 four of the seven galaxies that make up the entire group. They shine brightly with their glowing golden centres and wispy tails of gas, set against a background dotted with much more distant galaxies. This new image uses observations from Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 combined with data from the ESO Multi-Mode Instrument, installed on the European Southern Observatory's New Technology Telescope in Chile.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1514a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
HCG 16 NGC 833 NGC 835 NGC 838 NGC 839
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Liner
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 9m 33.0s
DEC = -10° 9’ 14.4”
Orientation
North is 23.7° CW
Field of View
8.1 x 3.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 606.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
heic1514a
Subject Category
C.5.1.7   C.5.3.2.2   C.5.3.2.4   C.5.3.3   C.5.5.3  
Subject Name
HCG 16, NGC 833, NGC 835, NGC 838, NGC 839
Credits
NASA, ESA, ESO Acknowledgement: Jane Charlton (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
Release Date
2015-06-18T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1514a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
NED distance for NGC 835
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
B, V, I
Central Wavelength
450, 606, 814
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
32.3874494719, -10.1540128844
Reference Dimension
9698.0, 3651.0
Reference Pixel
4849.0, 1825.0
Scale
-1.39085525746e-05, 1.39085525746e-05
Rotation
-23.739999999999959
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
heic1514a
Metadata Date
2015-06-01T13:39:18+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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