Natures Grand Design

Esahubble_potw2005a_1024

esahubble_potw2005a February 3rd, 2020

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho, P. Erwin et al.

This eye-catching galaxy is known as NGC 5364. Unmistakably a spiral, NGC 5364 is also something known as a grand design spiral galaxy a descriptive name deserved by only one-tenth of spirals. While all spirals have a structure that is broadly similar, there is quite a bit of variation amongst individual galaxies; some have patchy, oddly-shaped arms, some have bars of stars cutting through their core, some are colossal and radiant, and others are dim and diminutive. Grand designs like NGC 5364 are in many ways the archetype of a spiral galaxy. They are characterised by their prominent, well-defined arms, which circle outwards from a clear core. Despite being classified in this way, NGC 5364 is far from perfect. Its arms are asymmetrical compared to other grand design spirals this is thought to be due to interactions with a nearby neighbour. This neighbour and NGC 5364 are tugging on one another, warping and moving their stars and gas around and causing this misshapen appearance. This image was captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescopes Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2005a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 5364
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_potw2005a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 56m 11.9s
DEC = 5° 0’ 51.9”
Orientation
North is 158.5° CW
Field of View
0.7 x 0.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Red Hubble (ACS) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFC3) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Optical (g) 475.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Green
Blue
Esahubble_potw2005a_1280
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ID
potw2005a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 5364
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho, P. Erwin et al.
Release Date
2020-02-03T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2005a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, ACS, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H, NII, I, g
Central Wavelength
1600, 658, 814, 475
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
209.049744224, 5.01442245327
Reference Dimension
1024.0, 965.0
Reference Pixel
512.0, 482.5
Scale
-1.0980352639e-05, 1.0980352639e-05
Rotation
-158.49999999999994
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
potw2005a
Metadata Date
2019-11-20T11:49:44+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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