HST image overlay on ground-based image
This picture of M64 is a colour composite of CCD images from the 0.9-meter telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, taken in January 1997. The image has been rotated and an overlay of the HST image outline has been superposed.
Credit:NOAO/AURA/NSF and N.A. Sharp (NOAO)
About the Image
About the Object
| Name: | Black Eye Galaxy, IRAS 12542+2157, M 64, Messier 64, NGC 4826 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 18 million light years |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 450 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical V | 547 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Optical H-alpha | 656 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFPC2 |