WISE Infrared View of Starlight in the Andromeda Galaxy

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wise_WISE2010-004c1 February 17th, 2010

Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team

This image from NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, highlights the Andromeda galaxy's older stellar population in blue. It was taken by the shortest-wavelength camera on WISE, which detects infrared light of 3.4 microns. A pronounced warp in the disk of the galaxy, the aftermath of a collision with another galaxy, can be clearly seen in the spiral arm to the upper left side of the galaxy.

Provider: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer

Image Source: /image/wise/WISE2010-004c1

Curator: Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, Berkeley, CA, USA

Image Use Policy: Pulic Domain

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Andromeda Galaxy • M31 • NGC 224 • M32 • NGC 221 • M110 • NGC 205
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Distance Details Distance

Universescale2
2,540,000 light years
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Position Details Position Details

Position
RA = 0h 42m 44.3s
DEC = 41° 16’ 9.0”
Orientation
North is 207.0° CCW
Field of View
5.0 x 5.0 degrees
Constellation
Andromeda

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue WISE Infrared (Near-IR) 3.4 µm
Spectrum_base
Blue
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ID
WISE2010-004c1
Subject Category
C.5.1.1.  
Subject Name
Andromeda Galaxy, M31, NGC 224, M32, NGC 221, M110, NGC 205
Credits
NASA/JPL-Caltech/WISE Team
Release Date
2010-02-17
Lightyears
2,540,000
Redshift
Reference Url
/image/wise/WISE2010-004c1
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
WISE
Instrument
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
3400
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
10.684583, 41.269167
Reference Dimension
6666, 6666
Reference Pixel
3333.5, 3333.5
Scale
-7.50000006519300e-04, 7.50000006519300e-04
Rotation
207
Coordinate System Projection:
SIN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
URL
http://wise.astro.ucla.edu
Name
Email
outreach@ssl.berkeley.edu
Telephone
Address
7 Gauss Way
City
Berkeley
State/Province
CA
Postal Code
94720
Country
USA
Rights
Pulic Domain
Publisher
Publisher ID
wise
Resource ID
Resource URL
/image/wise/WISE2010-004c1
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Metadata Date
2018-01-11T02:35:42Z
Metadata Version
1.2
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