Hubble Interacting Galaxy NGC 695

Stsci_2008-16bp_1024

stsci_2008-16bp April 25th, 2008

Credit: NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)

NGC 695 is a peculiar galaxy which looks like a revolving tornado. It is a disturbed spiral galaxy, seen face-on, with loosely wound spiral arms. Knotty star-forming regions are tangled in a mesh of dust and gas. NGC 695 is in an interaction with a small companion located just outside the image to the left. Scientists believe that this is a recent but relatively weak interaction. NGC 695 is located in the constellation of Aries, the Ram, about 450 million light-years away from Earth.

Provider: Space Telescope Science Institute

Image Source: https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16

Curator: STScI, Baltimore, MD, USA

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 695
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Galaxy > Grouping > Multiple

Distance Details Distance

Universescale3
400,000,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 51m 13.9s
DEC = 22° 34’ 55.3”
Orientation
North is 113.7° CCW
Field of View
1.8 x 1.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Aries

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan Hubble (ACS) Optical (B) 435.0 nm
Yellow Hubble (ACS) Optical (I) 814.0 nm
HSC:Galaxies > Interacting
Spectrum_base
Cyan
Yellow
Stsci_2008-16bp_1280
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ID
2008-16bp
Subject Category
C.5.1.7   C.5.5.2  
Subject Name
NGC 695
Credits
NASA, ESA, the Hubble Heritage (STScI/AURA)-ESA/Hubble Collaboration, and A. Evans (University of Virginia, Charlottesville/NRAO/Stony Brook University)
Release Date
2008-04-25T00:00:00
Lightyears
400,000,000
Redshift
400,000,000
Reference Url
https://hubblesite.org/contents/news-releases/2008/news-2008-16
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Good
Distance Notes
400 million light-years (150 million parsecs)
Facility
Hubble, Hubble
Instrument
ACS, ACS
Color Assignment
Cyan, Yellow
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, I
Central Wavelength
435, 814
Start Time
2005-08-23T00:00:00, 2005-08-23T00:00:00
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
H
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
27.8079831, 22.5820242
Reference Dimension
2155.0, 2155.0
Reference Pixel
1078.5, 1078.5
Scale
-1.3963e-05, 1.3962956e-05
Rotation
113.68
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
WCS retrieved using CXCs PinpointWCS
Creator (Curator)
STScI
URL
http://hubblesite.org
Name
Space Telescope Science Institute Office of Public Outreach
Email
outreach@stsci.edu
Telephone
410-338-4444
Address
3700 San Martin Drive
City
Baltimore
State/Province
MD
Postal Code
21218
Country
USA
Rights
http://hubblesite.org/copyright/
Publisher
STScI
Publisher ID
stsci
Resource ID
STSCI-H-p0816bp-f-2155x2155.tif
Resource URL
https://mast.stsci.edu/api/latest/Download/file?uri=mast:OPO/product/STSCI-H-p0816bp-f-2155x2155.tif
Related Resources
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2008/16
Metadata Date
2022-07-06T00:00:00
Metadata Version
1.2
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