Elliptical galaxy NGC 4150
Elliptical galaxy NGC 4150.
Credit:NASA, ESA, R.M. Crockett (University of Oxford, U.K.), S. Kaviraj (Imperial College London and University of Oxford, U.K.), J. Silk (University of Oxford), M. Mutchler (Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA), R. O'Connell (University of Virginia, Charlottesville, USA), and the WFC3 Scientific Oversight Committee
About the Image
NASA press release
Id: | opo1038b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 18 November 2010, 15:00 |
Size: | 3980 x 2549 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 4150 |
Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical |
Distance: | 45 million light years |
Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
Category: | Galaxies |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 12 10 33.60 |
Position (Dec): | 30° 24' 0.23" |
Field of view: | 2.62 x 1.68 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 4.9° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 438 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Optical V | 555 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |
Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
WFC3 |