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HST Wide-Field Image of 3C 264 (2014)

CreditsNASA, ESA, and E. Meyer (STScI)

Date
Jan 1, 2015
Mission
Hubble Space Telescope
Archive ID
hubblesite-images-2015-19-3565-image
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Credits

NASA, ESA, and E. Meyer (STScI)

Image Details

About The Object
Object Name3C 264, NGC 3862
Object DescriptionActive Radio Galaxy
R.A. Position11h 45m 5.01s
Dec. Position19° 36' 22.75"
ConstellationLeo
Distance300 million light-years (91 Mpc)
About The Data
Data DescriptionThis observation of 3C 264 was taken from Hubble data from proposal : E. Meyer, W.B. Sparks, J. Biretta, R. van der Marel, J. Anderson, and S.T. Sohn (STScI), M. Chiaberge (STScI/ESA), C. Norman (JHU), E. Perlman (Florida Institute of Technology), M. Nakamura (Academia Sinica, Taiwan)
InstrumentHST>ACS
Exposure DatesMay 21, 2014
FiltersF606W

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