Individual colour images - 4 (WFPC2, 659 nm)
This is the fourth in a sequence of seven images which demonstrate the Hubble telescope's wavelength range, starting in the far ultraviolet and stretching all the way to the infrared.
This image was taken by the Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2). The yellow colour (659 nm) represents visible light from (redshifted) ionised hydrogen (H-alpha). The image was taken on 5 March, 1999, and has an exposure time of 5200 s.
Credit:About the Image
Id: | heic0106f |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 31 May 2001, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0106 |
Size: | 580 x 580 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 |
Constellation: | Horologium |
Category: | Galaxies |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 4 3 54.20 |
Position (Dec): | -43° 20' 55.69" |
Field of view: | 0.44 x 0.44 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 140.2° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical H-alpha | 659 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |