I Zwicky 18 (ground-based image)
A wide field image of the sky around the galaxy I Zwicky 18 taken on the ground by the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is approximately 2.7 x 2.8 degrees.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0716c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 October 2007, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0716 |
| Size: | 9800 x 9973 px |
About the Object
| Name: | I Zw 18 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
| Distance: | 60 million light years |
| Constellation: | Ursa Major |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 9 33 49.80 |
| Position (Dec): | 55° 14' 41.99" |
| Field of view: | 166.52 x 169.46 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.9° right of vertical |
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