Details from ACS Image of NGC 3370: Edge of Galaxy (Region 1)

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esahubble_opo0324f September 4th, 2003

Credit: NASA/ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI)

A region on the edge of the galaxy shows bright blue clusters of young, massive stars as well as distant, red background galaxies shining through.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0324f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 10444+1732 NGC 3370
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 47m 6.8s
DEC = 17° 15’ 34.2”
Orientation
North is 109.1° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (ACS) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Green Hubble (ACS) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo0324f
Subject Category
C.3.6.4   C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
IRAS 10444+1732, NGC 3370
Credits
NASA/ESA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI)
Release Date
2003-09-04T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0324f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
814, 555, 435
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
161.778134967, 17.2594903291
Reference Dimension
600.0, 600.0
Reference Pixel
300.0, 300.0
Scale
-1.54083837457e-05, 1.54083837457e-05
Rotation
-109.11999999999998
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
opo0324f
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:26.577828
Metadata Version
1.1
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