Galaxies: snapshots in time

Esahubble_opo9452f_1024

esahubble_opo9452f December 6th, 1994

Credit: Credit: D. Macchetto, STScI, A. Dressler, Carnegie Institutions of Washington, M. Dickinson, STScI and NASA

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Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9452f/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Galaxies
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field
Esahubble_opo9452f_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 15h 49m 49.0s
DEC = 21° 25’ 40.6”
Orientation
North is 53.0° CCW
Field of View
1.3 x 1.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Serpens

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale Hubble (WFPC2) Optical -
Esahubble_opo9452f_1280
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ID
opo9452f
Subject Category
D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
Galaxies
Credits
Credit: D. Macchetto, STScI, A. Dressler, Carnegie Institutions of Washington, M. Dickinson, STScI and NASA
Release Date
1994-12-06T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9452f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
237.4540746, 21.4279394
Reference Dimension
813.0, 830.0
Reference Pixel
407.5, 416.0
Scale
2.74533965262e-05, 2.76311912524e-05
Rotation
53
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS info from NASA/Hubble
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
opo9452f
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:43:08+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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