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May 31, 2001 09:00 AM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2001-16

Hubble Unveils a Galaxy in Living Color

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About this Object

Object Name:	NGC 1512
Object Description:	Barred spiral galaxy
Position (J2000):	R.A. 04h 03m 54.4s Dec. -43° 20' 55.0''
Constellation:	Horologium
Distance:	9.2 million pc (30 million light-years)
Scale:	The galaxy is 70,000 light-years across. The circumnuclear starburst ring is 2,400 light-years wide.

About the Data

Instruments
Exposure Dates
Filters:

FOC	NICMOS	WFPC2
July 18, 1993	July 29, 1998	March 5, 1999
F220W (2200Å)	F160W (1.6mm), F187W (1.8mm)	F336W (U), F658N (redshifted Ha), F547M (Strömgren y), F814W (I)

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).