Broken Asteroid Trail in NGC 4548
This is a broken asteroid trail crossing the outer regions of galaxy NGC 4548 in Coma Berenices. Five trail segments (shown in white) were extracted from individual exposures and added to a cleaned colour image of the galaxy.
The asteroid enters the image at top center and moves down toward the lower left. Large gaps in the trail occur because the telescope is orbiting the Earth and cannot continuously observe the galaxy.
Credit:About the Image
NASA press release
Id: | opo9810e |
Type: | Planetary |
Release date: | 6 May 2022, 09:00 |
Related releases: | heic2207 |
Size: | 600 x 600 px |
About the Object
Name: | Asteroid, M 91, Messier 91, NGC 4548 |
Type: | Solar System : Interplanetary Body : Asteroid Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred |
Category: | Solar System |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical V | 555 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |