NGC 1512

9.2 million pc (30 million light-years)

The galaxy is 70,000 light-years across. The circumnuclear starburst ring is 2,400 light-years wide.

Principal Astronomers: D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University/Columbia University), A. J. Barth (Harvard CfA), L. C. Ho (Carnegie Obs.), A. Sternberg (Tel-Aviv University and A. V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley).

Members of the group of scientists involved in these observations are: Dan Maoz (Tel-Aviv University, Israel and Columbia University, USA), Aaron J. Barth (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, USA), Luis C. Ho (The Observatories of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, USA), Amiel Sternberg (Tel-Aviv University, Israel) and Alexei V. Filippenko (University of California, Berkeley, USA).

FOC: F220W (2200Å)
WFPC2: F336W (U), F658N (redshifted Ha), F547M (Strömgren y), and F814W (I)
NICMOS: F160W (1.6mm), and F187W (1.8mm)

NASA, ESA, and D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University and Columbia University)