M101 composite image: Spitzer data (red component)

Esahubble_opo0907c_1024

esahubble_opo0907c February 10th, 2009

Credit: NASA, ESA, CXC, SSC and STScI

The red colour is Spitzer's view in infared light. Most of this light comes the galaxy's delicate dust lanes. Such dense dust clouds are where new stars can form. In this image, dust warmed by the light of hot, young stars glows red. Astronomers can use infrared light to examine the dust clouds where stars are born

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0907c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 101 NGC 4547 Pinwheel
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 3m 9.2s
DEC = 54° 21’ 13.0”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CW
Field of View
17.7 x 17.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Spitzer (IRAC) Infrared (Near-IR) 8.0 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
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ID
opo0907c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 101, NGC 4547, Pinwheel
Credits
NASA, ESA, CXC, SSC and STScI
Release Date
2009-02-10T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0907c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Spitzer Space Telescope
Instrument
IRAC
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
8000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
210.788168826, 54.3536145634
Reference Dimension
1800.0, 1800.0
Reference Pixel
900.0, 900.0
Scale
-0.000164132905475, 0.000164132905475
Rotation
-0.16
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
opo0907c
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:41:02.694739
Metadata Version
1.1
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