Starburst galaxy

Esahubble_opo9102a_1024

esahubble_opo9102a January 15th, 1991

Credit: Antonelia Fruscione, Richard Grifliths and John MacKenty (STScI)

An infrared image of the nearby starburst galaxy NGC 1569. Starburst galaxies undergo periods of intense star formation. The starburst activity in NGC 1569 is concentrated into three giant regions which are clearly visible as three red knots in the false colour image. These same starburst regions likely contain the massive X-ray binary stars which may be responsible for part of the mysterious X-ray background that permeates the universe.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9102a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 0426+647P01 NGC 1569
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > Starburst

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Other (None) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Esahubble_opo9102a_1280
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ID
opo9102a
Subject Category
C.5.3.3  
Subject Name
IRAS 0426+647P01, NGC 1569
Credits
Antonelia Fruscione, Richard Grifliths and John MacKenty (STScI)
Release Date
1991-01-15T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9102a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Other
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
H
Central Wavelength
1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2940.0, 2248.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
opo9102a
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:33:55+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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