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).
Credit: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 |
Constellation: | Horologium |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 4 3 54.19 |
Position (Dec): | -43° 20' 55.63" |
Field of view: | 0.43 x 0.44 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 140.3° right of vertical |
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 |