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Cefeidas en la galaxia espiral NGC 5584

This illustration shows the location of Cepheid variables found in the spiral galaxy NGC 5584. Ultraviolet, visible, and infrared data taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in 2010 reveal Cepheids of varying periods. Those stars with periods of less than 30 days and between 30...

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Jan 1, 2011
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Hubble Space Telescope
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This illustration shows the location of Cepheid variables found in the spiral galaxy NGC 5584. Ultraviolet, visible, and infrared data taken with Hubble's Wide Field Camera 3 in 2010 reveal Cepheids of varying periods. Those stars with periods of less than 30 days and between 30 and 60 days are marked with green and blue circles, respectively. A small number of Cepheids, with periods larger than 60 days, are marked in red.

Credits

Illustration: NASA, ESA, and L. Frattare (STScI);
Science: NASA, ESA, A. Riess (STScI/JHU), and L. Macri (Texas A&M University)

Detalles de la imagen

About The Object
Object NameNGC 5584
Object DescriptionSpiral Galaxy
R.A. Position14h 22m 23.76s
Dec. Position00° 23' 15.61"
ConstellationVirgo
DistanceAbout 72 million light-years (22 million parsecs)
DimensionsThe image is 2.4 arcminutes (50,000 light-years or 15,000 parsecs) wide.
About The Data
Data DescriptionThe image was created from Hubble data from proposal : A. Riess (STScI/JHU), L. Macri (Texas A&M University), C. Kochanek and K. Stanek (Ohio State University), A. Filippenko and W. Li (University of California, Berkeley), S. Casertano and H. Ferguson (STScI), and L. Greenhill (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). The science team comprises: A. Riess (STScI/JHU), L. Macri (Texas A&M University), S. Casertano (STScI), H. Lampeitl (University of Portsmouth, UK), H. Ferguson (STScI), A. Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley), S. Jha (Rutgers University), W. Li (University of California, Berkeley), and R. Chornock (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). Note: Hubble data of NGC 5584 taken with WFC3/IR filters, along with numerous other galaxies, were used in these science results.
InstrumentHST>WFC3/UVIS
Exposure DatesJanuary-April, 2010, Exposure Time: 20.8 hours
FiltersBlue:
About The Image
Color InfoThis image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the WFC3 instrument on HST. Several filters were used to sample broad 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: White: F350LP (Long Pass) Blue: F555W (V) Orange: F814W (I)

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