Cepheid Variables in IC 4182
Using NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope (HST), an international team of astronomers has taken a major first step in redetermining the expansion rate of the universe. This rate, known as the Hubble Constant, is one of two critical numbers needed for making a precise determination of the size and age of the universe.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9220a |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 29 June 1992, 06:00 |
| Size: | 2033 x 2113 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Cepheid, IC 4182, IRAS F13035+3752 |
| Type: | • Early Universe : Star : Type : Variable • Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Stars Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 15 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC1 |
| Infrared I |
785 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC1 |
