Pinwheel Galaxy close-up 4
An example of some of the 3000 bright clusters of sizzling newborn blue stars in the Pinwheel galaxy.
Credit:Image: European Space Agency & NASA
Acknowledgements:
Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana)
Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum
NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
Id: | heic0602f |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 28 February 2006, 12:00 |
Related releases: | heic0602 |
Size: | 1000 x 1000 px |
About the Object
Name: | Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy |
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Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
Distance: | 23 million light years |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 14 3 52.16 |
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Position (Dec): | 54° 21' 50.36" |
Field of view: | 0.83 x 0.83 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 3.6° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical B | 435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
Optical V | 555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
Infrared I | 814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
Notes: The Hubble data for this image was superimposed over ground-based images taken with the ground-based Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT).