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Amplia vista de la galaxia espiral barrada NGC 1512

The NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 snapped this wide view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512. A wispy bar of material can barely be seen slicing vertically through the galaxy. The bar is funneling gas to the heart of the galaxy, fueling a...

Fecha
Jan 1, 2001
Misión
Hubble Space Telescope
ID de archivo
hubblesite-images-2001-16-1062-image
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The NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 snapped this wide view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512. A wispy bar of material can barely be seen slicing vertically through the galaxy. The bar is funneling gas to the heart of the galaxy, fueling a ring of star birth. Blue-colored stars along the galaxy's outer edge trace the grand spiral arms.

Credits

NASA, ESA, and D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University and Columbia University)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameNGC 1512
Object DescriptionBarred spiral galaxy
R.A. Position04h 3m 54.29s
Dec. Position-43° 20' 56.0"
ConstellationHorologium
Distance9.2 million pc (30 million light-years)
DimensionsThe galaxy is 70,000 light-years across. The circumnuclear starburst ring is 2,400 light-years wide.
About The Data
Data DescriptionPrincipal 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).
InstrumentHST>FOC, HST>NICMOS, and HST>WFPC2
Exposure DatesJuly 18, 1993 (FOC), July 29, 1998 (NICMOS), and March 5, 1999 (WFPC2)
FiltersFOC: F220W (2200Å) WFPC2: F336W (U), F658N (redshifted Ha), F547M (Strömgren y), and F814W (I) NICMOS: F160W (1.6mm), and F187W (1.8mm)

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