Panel of multi-wavelength and composite images of NGC 1512
Astronomers have used this set of single-colour images, shown around the edge, to construct the colour picture (centre) of a ring of star clusters surrounding the core of the galaxy NGC 1512. These pictures were taken by the NASA/ESA 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 colour or wavelength region of the spectrum, from ultraviolet to near infrared, and shows the wide wavelength region covered by Hubble. Celestial bodies emit light at a variety of wavelengths, anywhere from gamma rays to radio waves. Astronomers chose to study NGC 1512 in these colours to emphasise important details in the ring of young star clusters surrounding the core.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | heic0106a |
Type: | Collage |
Release date: | 31 May 2001, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0106 |
Size: | 2474 x 1803 px |
About the Object
Name: | IRAS 04022-4329, NGC 1512 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred |
Distance: | 40 million light years |
Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Ultraviolet U | 220 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
FOC |
Ultraviolet U | 338 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical V | 545 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Optical H-alpha | 659 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Infrared I | 827 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
Infrared H | 1.6 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |
Infrared K | 1.87 μm |
Hubble Space Telescope
NICMOS |