Cartwheel Galaxy Region

Esahubble_opo9636b2_1024

esahubble_opo9636b2 November 26th, 1996

Credit: Curt Struck and Philip Appleton (Iowa State University), Kirk Borne(Hughes STX Corporation), and Ray Lucas ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA

The Cartwheel's nucleus is shown in this Hubble Space Telescope color-coded image. The comet-like knots of gas are mostly confined to the core's left side. They are the blue knots arranged in a semi-circular pattern around the center of the nucleus. The 'heads' are a few hundred light-years across; the tails are more than 1, 000 light-years long, the longest of which is nearly 5, 000 light-years. The structures look like comets because they probably were spawned by a collision between high-speed and slower-moving material. This collision created an arrowhead-shaped pattern called a bow shock, which is similar to the wake of a boat speeding across a lake.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9636b2/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cartwheel Galaxy IRAS 00352-3359
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Lenticular
Esahubble_opo9636b2_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 37m 41.0s
DEC = -33° 42’ 58.6”
Orientation
North is 53.1° CCW
Field of View
0.4 x 0.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor Hubble (WFPC2) Infrared (I) 814.0 nm
Pseudocolor Hubble (WFPC2) Optical (B) 450.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Pseudocolor
Esahubble_opo9636b2_1280
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ID
opo9636b2
Subject Category
C.5.1.3  
Subject Name
Cartwheel Galaxy, IRAS 00352-3359
Credits
Curt Struck and Philip Appleton (Iowa State University), Kirk Borne(Hughes STX Corporation), and Ray Lucas ( Space Telescope Science Institute), and NASA/ESA
Release Date
1996-11-26T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo9636b2/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor, Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, B
Central Wavelength
814, 450
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
9.42090907931, -33.7162714042
Reference Dimension
439.0, 508.0
Reference Pixel
219.5, 254.0
Scale
-1.39108654543e-05, 1.39108654543e-05
Rotation
53.059999999999867
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
opo9636b2
Metadata Date
2003-12-09T17:47:30+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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