Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Arp 220 |
| Object Description: |
Active Galaxy |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 15h 34m 57s.21
Dec. +23° 30' 9".5 |
| Constellation: |
Serpens |
| Distance: |
250 million light-years (77 Megaparsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 24 arcseconds (29,000 light-years or 8,900 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from proposal 9396: C. Wilson, S. Brooks, and W. Harris (McMaster University), and N. Scoville (California Institute of Technology). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/HRC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
August 11, 2002 |
| Exposure Time: |
6.6 hours |
| Filters: |
F435W(B), F555W(V), F814W(I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and C. Wilson (McMaster University) |
| Release Date: |
June 13, 2006 |
| Color: |
This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Three filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are:
F814W (I) red
F555W (V) green
F435W (B) blue |
| Orientation/Scale: |
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