Individual images that were used to create a HST colour composite
These images were used to produce the composite HST images that goes under the name 'Galaxy NGC 6251 Nucleus'
Credit:
Philippe Crane (European Southern Observatory) and NASA/ESA
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9728e |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 10 September 1997, 15:00 |
| Size: | 1024 x 682 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 6251 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole • Quasars/AGN/Black Hole Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 350 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet Mid-UV |
220 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
| Ultraviolet U |
342 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
| Optical B |
410 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope FOC |
