Wide-field view of NGC 4993 (ground-based view)
This image shows the sky around the lenticular galaxy NGC 4993. Within this galaxy Hubble discovered the first visual counterpart of a gravitational wave event — the merger of two neutron stars.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | heic1717d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 October 2017, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1717 |
| Size: | 9696 x 6221 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13 9 47.34 |
| Position (Dec): | -23° 22' 51.18" |
| Field of view: | 164.96 x 105.84 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.5° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical R | 630 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | 630 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical I | 797 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical I | 797 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |