The Spiral Galaxy M 100

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esahubble_opo9449c October 26th, 1994

Credit: J. Trauger, JPL and NASA/ESA

An image of the grand design of spiral galaxy M100 obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope resolves individual stars within the majestic spiral arms. (These stars typically appeared blurred together when viewed with ground-based telescopes).

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9449c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M 100 Messier 100 NGC 4321
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 22m 56.6s
DEC = 15° 49’ 16.7”
Orientation
North is 25.8° CCW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (R) 702.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 439.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
opo9449c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
M 100, Messier 100, NGC 4321
Credits
J. Trauger, JPL and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1994-10-26T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9449c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
702, 555, 439
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
185.735691617, 15.8212996396
Reference Dimension
1495.0, 1483.0
Reference Pixel
747.5, 741.5
Scale
-2.77292550486e-05, 2.77292550486e-05
Rotation
25.7799999999997
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
opo9449c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:43:01+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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