Ground-based view of the sky around the galaxy ESO 495-21

Esahubble_heic1911b_1024

esahubble_heic1911b June 13th, 2019

Credit: ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin

This image shows the sky around the galaxy ESO 495-21. It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Located about 30 million light-years away in the constellation of Pyxis (The Compass), ESO 495-21 is classified as a dwarf starburst galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic1911b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ESO 495-21
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 8h 36m 14.8s
DEC = -26° 24’ 22.6”
Orientation
North is 0.8° CCW
Field of View
1.8 x 1.6 degrees
Constellation
Pyxis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (i) 825.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Orange
Red
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ID
heic1911b
Subject Category
C.5.3.3  
Subject Name
ESO 495-21
Credits
ESA/Hubble, NASA, Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin
Release Date
2019-06-13T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://esahubble.org/images/heic1911b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Cyan, Orange, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, R, i
Central Wavelength
479, 649, 825
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
129.061669184, -26.4062822864
Reference Dimension
6520.0, 5808.0
Reference Pixel
3260.0, 2904.0
Scale
-0.000280162630089, 0.000280162630089
Rotation
0.8400000000000003
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
https://esahubble.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
ESA Office, Space Telescope Science Institute, 3700 San Martin Dr
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
United States
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1911b
Metadata Date
2019-06-06T14:40:27+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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