One Amongst Millions

Esahubble_potw2023a_1024

esahubble_potw2023a June 8th, 2020

Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.

Looking deep into the Universe, the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope catches a passing glimpse of the numerous arm-like structures that sweep around this barred spiral galaxy, known as NGC 2608. Appearing as a slightly stretched, smaller version of our Milky Way, the peppered blue and red spiral arms are anchored together by the prominent horizontal central bar of the galaxy. In Hubble photos, bright Milky Way stars will sometimes appear as pinpoints of light with prominent lens flares. A star with these features is seen in the lower right corner of the image, and another can be spotted just above the pale centre of the galaxy. The majority of the fainter points around NGC 2608, however, lack these features, and upon closer inspection they are revealed to be thousands of distant galaxies. NGC 2608 is just one among an uncountable number of kindred structures. Similar expanses of galaxies can be observed in other Hubble images such as the Hubble Deep Field which recorded over 3000 galaxies in one field of view.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2023a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 2608
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Barred
Esahubble_potw2023a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 8h 35m 17.2s
DEC = 28° 28’ 27.4”
Orientation
North is 12.6° CCW
Field of View
2.2 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Cancer

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity Hubble (WFC3) Optical (Long Pass) 350.0 nm
Blue Hubble (WFC3) Optical (V) 555.0 nm
Green Hubble (WFC3) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
Red Hubble (WFC3) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Spectrum_base
Luminosity
Blue
Green
Red
Esahubble_potw2023a_1280
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ID
potw2023a
Subject Category
C.5.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 2608
Credits
ESA/Hubble & NASA, A. Riess et al.
Release Date
2020-06-08T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw2023a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
WFC3, WFC3, WFC3, WFC3
Color Assignment
Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass
Long Pass, V, I, H
Central Wavelength
350, 555, 814, 1600
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
128.821778049, 28.4742838617
Reference Dimension
3422.0, 3052.0
Reference Pixel
1711.0, 1526.0
Scale
-1.09084039874e-05, 1.09084039874e-05
Rotation
12.619999999999946
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
potw2023a
Metadata Date
2020-05-21T11:35:08+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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