Star-Forming Region in Galaxy NGC 2366

Esahubble_opo9631c_1024

esahubble_opo9631c October 11th, 1996

Credit: Laurent Drissen and Yvan Dutil/CFHT and NASA/ESA

A black and white (visual) image of the irregular galaxy NGC 2366 obtained at the Canada-France-Hawaii (CFHT) 3.6-meter telescope on Mauna Kea on February 7, 1996.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9631c/

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 07233+6917 NGC 2366
Subject - Local Universe
Star > Type > Variable > Irregular
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Esahubble_opo9631c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 28m 47.6s
DEC = 69° 12’ 26.4”
Orientation
North is 1.6° CCW
Field of View
4.9 x 3.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Camelopardalis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale CFHT (None) Optical (None) -
This image was captured by the Canada-France-Hawaii (CFHT).
Esahubble_opo9631c_1280
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ID
opo9631c
Subject Category
C.3.2.1.2   C.4.1.2  
Subject Name
IRAS 07233+6917, NGC 2366
Credits
Laurent Drissen and Yvan Dutil/CFHT and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1996-10-11T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9631c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
None
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
112.198170947, 69.207335892
Reference Dimension
930.0, 725.0
Reference Pixel
465.0, 362.5
Scale
-8.72192896893e-05, 8.72192896893e-05
Rotation
1.5999999999999996
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
opo9631c
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:47:11+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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