Centre of M31

Esahubble_opo1204b_1024

esahubble_opo1204b January 11th, 2012

Credit: NASA, ESA, and T. Lauer (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)

This Hubble Space Telescope image centres on the 100-million-solar-mass black hole at the hub of the neighboring spiral galaxy M31, or the Andromeda galaxy, one of the few galaxies outside the Milky Way visible to the naked eye and the only other giant galaxy in the Local Group. This is the sharpest visible-light image ever made of the nucleus of an external galaxy.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1204b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Andromeda Galaxy • M 31 • Messier 31 • NGC 224
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Component > Center/Core
Esahubble_opo1204b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 42m 44.4s
DEC = 41° 16’ 8.1”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Andromeda

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Blue Hubble (ACS) Ultraviolet (u) 330.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Blue
Esahubble_opo1204b_1280
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ID
opo1204b
Subject Category
C.5.4.9  
Subject Name
Andromeda Galaxy, M 31, Messier 31, NGC 224
Credits
NASA, ESA, and T. Lauer (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)
Release Date
2012-01-11T20:21:03
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo1204b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Orange, Blue
Band
Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
B, u
Central Wavelength
435, 330
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
10.6848521292, 41.2689038185
Reference Dimension
750.0, 750.0
Reference Pixel
375.0, 375.0
Scale
-1.12025562734e-06, 1.12025562734e-06
Rotation
-0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
STScI
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo1204b
Resource URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/opo1204b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2012-01-05T08:53:42-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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