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Galaxy NGC 1512 in Ultraviolet Light
The color purple (2200 Å) represents ultraviolet light, which cannot be seen by the human eye. Image taken by HST's Faint Object Camera (FOC). CreditsNASA, ESA, and D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University and Columbia University)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2001
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2001-16-1067-image
The color purple (2200 Å) represents ultraviolet light, which cannot be seen by the human eye. Image taken by HST's Faint Object Camera (FOC).
Credits
NASA, ESA, and D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University and Columbia University)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 1512 |
| Object Description | Barred spiral galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 04h 3m 54.29s |
| Dec. Position | -43° 20' 56.0" |
| Constellation | Horologium |
| Distance | 9.2 million pc (30 million light-years) |
| Dimensions | The galaxy is 70,000 light-years across. The circumnuclear starburst ring is 2,400 light-years wide. |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Principal Astronomers: D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University/Columbia University), A. J. Barth (Harvard CfA), L. C. Ho (Carnegie Obs.), A. Sternberg (Tel-Aviv University and A. V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley). Members of the group of scientists involved in these observations are: Dan Maoz (Tel-Aviv University, Israel and Columbia University, USA), Aaron J. Barth (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA), Luis C. Ho (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA), Amiel Sternberg (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) and Alexei V. Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley, USA). |
| Instrument | HST>FOC |
| Exposure Dates | July 18, 1993 |
| Filters | F220W (2200Å) |
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