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Gaseous Bubble in Core of Galaxy NGC 3079
CreditsNASA, Gerald Cecil (University of North Carolina), Sylvain Veilleux (University of Maryland), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Anglo- Australian Observatory), and Alex Filippenko (University of California at Berkeley).
- Date
- Jan 1, 2001
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2001-28-1097-image
Credits
NASA, Gerald Cecil (University of North Carolina), Sylvain Veilleux (University of Maryland), Joss Bland-Hawthorn (Anglo- Australian Observatory), and Alex Filippenko (University of California at Berkeley).Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 3079 |
| Object Description | Spiral galaxy, core |
| Constellation | Ursa Major |
| Distance | 15 Mpc (50 million light-years) |
| Dimensions | The bubble that resides at the center of galaxy NGC 3079 is more than 3,000 light-years wide and rises 3,500 light-years above the galaxy's disk |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | Principal Astronomers: G. Cecil (U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill), S. Veilleux (U. Maryland, College Park), J. Bland-Hawthorn (AAO), and A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley) |
| Instrument | HST>WFPC2 |
| Exposure Dates | November 26, 1998, Exposure Time: 2.7 hours |
| Filters | F658N ([N II]), F814W (I) |
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