M101 Composite Image: Hubble Data (Green Component)
About This Image
Caption
The yellow color is Hubble's view in visible light. Most of this light comes from stars, and they trace the same spiral structure as the dust lanes.
About The Object
- Object Name
- M101, NGC 4547, The Pinwheel Galaxy
- Object Description
- Face-on Spiral Galaxy
- R.A. Position
- 14h 3m 13.0s
- Dec. Position
- 54° 20' 52.99"
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Distance
- 21.8 million light-years (6.7 megaparsecs)
- Dimensions
- This image is 18 arcminutes (114,000 light-years or 35,000 parsecs) wide.
About The Data
- Data Description
- This image was created from HST data from the following proposals: 9490: K. Kuntz (Johns Hopkins University) 9492: F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii) 5210: J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory) 5397: J. Mould (NOAO) 6829: Y.-C. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana) The Hubble exposures have been superimposed onto ground-based images, visible at the edge of the image, taken at the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope in Hawaii, and at the 0.9-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, part of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Arizona.
- Instrument
- HST>ACS/WFC and HST>WFPC2
- Exposure Dates
- March 1994, September 1994, June 1999, November 2002, and January 2003
- Filters
- F435W (B), F555W (V)), and F814W (I)
About The Image
- Color Info
- Yellow/green: F435W (B), F555W (V)), and F814W (I)
About The Object
- Object Name
- A name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
- Object Description
- The type of astronomical object.
- R.A. Position
- Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
- Dec. Position
- Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
- Constellation
- One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
- Distance
- The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
- Dimensions
- The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky.
About The Data
- Data Description
- Proposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
- Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.
- Instrument
- The science instrument used to produce the data.
- Exposure Dates
- The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
- Filters
- The camera filters that were used in the science observations.
About The Image
- Color Info
- A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.
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