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Hubble-Magellan Composite of M83
CreditsNASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA); Acknowledgment: W. Blair (STScI/JHU), Carnegie Institution of Washington (Las Campanas Observatory), and NOAO
- Date
- Jan 1, 2014
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2014-04-3295-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA);Acknowledgment: W. Blair (STScI/JHU), Carnegie Institution of Washington (Las Campanas Observatory), and NOAO
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | M83, NGC 5236, Southern Pinwheel Galaxy |
| Object Description | Barred Spiral Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 13h 37m 0.95s |
| Dec. Position | -29° 51' 55.51" |
| Constellation | Hydra |
| Distance | 15 million light-years (4.5 million parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble data from proposal : R. O'Connell (University of Virginia), B. Balick (University of Washington), H. Bond (STScI), D. Calzetti (University of Massachusetts), M. Carollo (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich), M. Disney (University of Wales, College of Cardiff), M. Dopita (Australian National University), J. Frogel (Ohio State University Research Foundation), D. Hall (University of Hawaii), J. Holtzman (New Mexico State University), P. McCarthy (Carnegie Institution of Washington), F. Paresce (European Southern Observatory, Germany), A. Saha (NOAO/AURA), J. Silk (University of Oxford), A. Walker (NOAO/CTIO), B. Whitmore (STScI), R. Windhorst (Arizona State University), and E. Young (University of Arizona); and 12483: W. Blair (JHU), K. Long (STScI), F. Winkler (Middlebury College), R. Soria (Curtin University), B. Whitmore (STScI), R. Chandar (University of Toledo), P. Ghavamian (Towson University), M. Dopita (Australian National University), and B. Rangelov (George Washington University). |
| Instrument | HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Exposure Dates | August 2009 - September 2012, Exposure Time: 20 hours |
| Filters | F336W (U), F438W (B), F547M (Strömgren y), F555W (V), F657N (H-alpha), and F814W (I) |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample broad and narrow wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Purple: F336W (U) Blue: F438W (B) Green: F555W (V) + F547M (Strömgren y) Orange: F657N (H-alpha) Red: F814W (I) |
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