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Compass and Scale Image for NGC 1600
CreditsNASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI); Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, C.-P. Ma (University of California, Berkeley), J. Thomas (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany), Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, UKSTU/AAO, and A. Quillen (...
- Date
- Jan 1, 2016
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2016-12-3721-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and Z. Levay (STScI);Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, C.-P. Ma (University of California, Berkeley), J. Thomas (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany), Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), STScI/AURA, Palomar/Caltech, UKSTU/AAO, and A. Quillen (University of Rochester)
Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | NGC 1600 |
| Object Description | Elliptical Galaxy (inset image) |
| R.A. Position | 04h 31m 39.93s |
| Dec. Position | -5° 5' 10.5" |
| Constellation | Eridanus |
| Distance | 209 million light-years (64 million parsecs) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | The HST data (inset image) were taken from proposal PI: A. Quillen (University of Rochester), G. Bower (CSC/STScI), and G. Rieke (Steward Observatory/University of Arizona). The science team comprises J. Thomas (Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany), C.-P. Ma (University of California, Berkeley), N. McConnell (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), J. Greene (Princeton University), J. Blakeslee (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), and R. Janish (University of California, Berkeley). |
| Instrument | HST>NICMOS |
| Exposure Dates | November 10, 1998, Exposure Time: 32 minutes |
| Filters | F160W |
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