Wide-field view of NGC 4993 (ground-based view)

Esahubble_heic1717d_1024

esahubble_heic1717d October 16th, 2017

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

This image shows the sky around the lenticular galaxy NGC 4993. Within this galaxy Hubble discovered the first visual counterpart of a gravitational wave event the merger of two neutron stars.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1717d/

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 4993
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Esahubble_heic1717d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 9m 47.3s
DEC = -23° 22’ 51.2”
Orientation
North is 0.5° CW
Field of View
2.7 x 1.8 degrees
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 797.5 nm
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (I) 797.5 nm
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 630.0 nm
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 630.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Green
Blue
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ID
heic1717d
Subject Category
C.5.1.4  
Subject Name
NGC 4993
Credits
NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2017-10-16T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1717d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, I, R, R
Central Wavelength
797.5, 797.5, 630, 630
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
197.447254072, -23.3808836092
Reference Dimension
9696.0, 6221.0
Reference Pixel
4848.0, 3110.5
Scale
-0.00028356133051, 0.00028356133051
Rotation
-0.46000000000000008
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
heic1717d
Metadata Date
2017-10-04T17:16:01+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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