Andromeda Galaxy (M31) wide-field image

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esahubble_heic0512d September 20th, 2005

Credit: ÷ 2002 R. Gendler, Photo by R. Gendler

Image of M31 taken with a 12.5-inch Ritchey-Chrtien telescope by amateur astronomer Robert Gendler.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0512d/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Andromeda Galaxy • IRAS 00400+4059 • M 31 • Messier 31 • NGC 224
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 42m 30.0s
DEC = 41° 19’ 35.6”
Orientation
North is 180.4° CW
Field of View
1.7 x 2.3 degrees
Constellation
Andromeda
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ID
heic0512d
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Andromeda Galaxy, IRAS 00400+4059, M 31, Messier 31, NGC 224
Credits
÷ 2002 R. Gendler, Photo by R. Gendler
Release Date
2005-09-20T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
http://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic0512d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
10.6251469072, 41.3265685818
Reference Dimension
1955.0, 2700.0
Reference Pixel
977.5, 1350.0
Scale
-0.000868877774835, 0.000868877774835
Rotation
-180.44000000000003
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic0512d
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic0512d.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2005-09-19T13:02+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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