A Stretched Spiral
This sparkling spiral galaxy looks almost stretched across the sky in this new image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Known as NGC 4100, the galaxy boasts a neat spiral structure and swirling arms speckled with the bright blue hue of newly formed stars.
Like so many of the stunning images of galaxies we enjoy today, this image was captured by Hubble’s Advanced Camera for Surveys (ACS). This remarkable instrument was installed in 2002, and, with some servicing over the years by intrepid astronauts, is still going strong. You can access many of the stunning images captured by the ACS here, featuring objects from out-of-this-world spiral galaxies to dark, imposing nebulae, bizarre cosmic phenomena, and sparkling clusters made up of thousands upon thousands of stars.
Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA, L. Ho
About the Image
Id: | potw2017a |
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Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 27 April 2020, 06:00 |
Size: | 3934 x 1870 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 4100 |
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Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
Constellation: | Ursa Major |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 6 8.15 |
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Position (Dec): | 49° 35' 1.87" |
Field of view: | 3.28 x 1.56 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 85.2° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Optical NII | 658 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
Optical I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |