Composite ultraviolet-visible-infrared image of NGC 1512
This picture is a multi-wavelength composite made by seven individual exposures made with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. These exposures were taken by the Faint Object Camera (FOC), Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).
This image is issued jointly by NASA and ESA.
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About the Image
| Id: | heic0106b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 31 May 2001, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0106 |
| Size: | 564 x 573 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 04022-4329, NGC 1512 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred |
| Distance: | 40 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
220 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
| Ultraviolet U |
338 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
545 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha |
659 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
827 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared H |
1.6 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared K |
1.87 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
