Pinwheel Galaxy close-up 2
Dust lanes in the Pinwheel galaxy. The dust particles scatter blue light the most and therefore colour the light from background stars red. The same effect is seen in sunsets on the Earth.
Credit:Image: European Space Agency & NASA
Acknowledgements:
Project Investigators for the original Hubble data: K.D. Kuntz (GSFC), F. Bresolin (University of Hawaii), J. Trauger (JPL), J. Mould (NOAO), and Y.-H. Chu (University of Illinois, Urbana)
Image processing: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
CFHT image: Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope/J.-C. Cuillandre/Coelum
NOAO image: George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOAO/AURA/NSF
About the Image
| Id: | heic0602d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 28 February 2006, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0602 |
| Size: | 1000 x 1000 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 101, Pinwheel Galaxy |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 23 million light years |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 14 3 20.70 |
| Position (Dec): | 54° 20' 31.87" |
| Field of view: | 0.83 x 0.83 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 3.5° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
| Optical V | 555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
| Infrared I | 814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope |
Notes: The Hubble data for this image was superimposed over ground-based images taken with the ground-based Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT).