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SDSS 1430+13, Teacup Galaxy
CreditsNASA, ESA, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)
- Date
- Jan 1, 2015
- Mission
- Hubble Space Telescope
- Archive ID
- hubblesite-images-2015-13-3534-image
Credits
NASA, ESA, and W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa)Image Details
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Teacup Galaxy, SDSS 1430+13, 2MASX J14302986+1339117 |
| Object Description | Active Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 14h 30m 29.76s |
| Dec. Position | 13° 39' 15.14" |
| Constellation | Boötes |
| Distance | Redshift: 0.0852 |
| 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: FR551N and FR716N; WFC3/UVIS: F621M and F763M |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | Blue: FR551N + F621M Green:FR716N Red: F763M |
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