Hubble image archive
NGC 5972
CreditsNASA, ESA, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2015
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2015-13-3531-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 5972 |
| Object Description | Active Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 15h 38m 54.16s |
| Dec. Position | 17° 1' 34.28" |
| Constellation | Serpens |
| Distance | Redshift: 0.0297 |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The image was created from Hubble observations of active galaxies from proposals : PI Z. Tsvetanov (NASA/GALEX) et al. and : W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), K. Schawinski (ETH Zurich), V. Bennert (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo), C. Lintott (Oxford University), D. Chojnowski (New Mexico State), D. Evans (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), and M. Urry (Yale University). The science team comprises: W. Keel and W. Peter Maksym (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), V. Bennert (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo), C. Lintott (Oxford University), D. Chojnowski (New Mexico State), A. Moiseev and A. Smirnova (Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia), K. Schawinski (ETH Zurich), M. Urry (Yale University), D. Evans (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Pancoast (UC Santa Barbara), B. Scott (JPL), C. Showley (San Francisco State University), and K. Flatland (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). |
| Instrument | HST>ACS/WFC, and HST>WFC3/UVIS |
| Filters | ACS/WFC: FR505N; WFC3/UVIS: F673N), F621M, and F763M |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | Blue: FR505N + F621M Green: F673N Red: F763M |
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