The Hickson Compact Group 40
esahubble_heic2205a April 19th, 2022
Credit: NASA, ESA and STScI
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope is celebrating its 32nd birthday with a stunning look at an unusual close-knit collection of five galaxies, called the Hickson Compact Group 40. This snapshot reflects a special moment in their lifetimes as they fall together before they merge.
Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA
Image Source: https://esahubble.org/images/heic2205a/
Curator: ESA/Hubble, Baltimore, MD, United States
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- heic2205a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1 C.5.4 C.5.5.2
- Subject Name
- HCG 40, Arp 321, VV 116
- Credits
- NASA, ESA and STScI
- Release Date
- 2022-04-19T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://esahubble.org/images/heic2205a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
- Color Assignment
- Red, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha + NII, B, V, I
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 475, 606, 814
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 144.72903742834913, -4.851396902017643
- Reference Dimension
- 4021.0, 3773.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2010.5, 1886.5
- Scale
- -1.1038555157058523e-05, 1.1038555157058523e-05
- Rotation
- 41.619999999999955
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- ESA/Hubble
- URL
- https://esahubble.org
- Name
- Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
- outreach@stsci.edu
- Telephone
- 410-338-4444
- 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
- heic2205a
- Resource URL
- http://esahubble.org/media/archives/images/original/heic2205a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-03-22T12:40:23-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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