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NGC 1512 en múltiples longitudes de onda

Astronomers used this panel of single-color images to construct the colorful picture of the ring of star clusters surrounding the core of the galaxy NGC 1512. These pictures were taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera (FOC), Wide Field and Planetary Camera...

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Jan 1, 2001
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Hubble Space Telescope
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Astronomers used this panel of single-color images to construct the colorful picture of the ring of star clusters surrounding the core of the galaxy NGC 1512. These pictures were taken by the NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Faint Object Camera (FOC), Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 (WFPC2), and the Near Infrared Camera and Multi-Object Spectrometer (NICMOS).

Each image represents a specific color or wavelength region of the spectrum, from ultraviolet to near infrared, and shows the wide wavelength region covered by Hubble. Celestial bodies emit light in a variety of wavelengths, anywhere from gamma rays to radio waves. Astronomers chose these colors to emphasize important details in the ring of young star clusters surrounding the core.

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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