Technical facts about this news release:
| About this Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 3079 |
| Object Description:
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Spiral Galaxy |
| Position (J2000):
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R.A. 10h 51m 58.53s
Dec. +55° 40' 50.1'' |
| Constellation:
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Ursa Major |
| Distance: |
15 Mpc (50 million light-years) |
| Dimensions: |
The full image of NGC 3079 is 4.9 arcminutes (roughly 21 kpc or
70,000 light-years) along the diagonal. The bubble that resides
at the center of NGC 3079 is more than 3,000 light-years wide and
rises 3,500 light-years above the galaxy's disk
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| About the Data |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date:
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November 26, 1998 |
| Exposure Time:
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2.7 hours |
| Filters: |
F658N ([N II]), F814W (I) |
| Principal Astronomers:
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G. Cecil (U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill), S. Veilleux (U. Maryland,
College Park), J. Bland-Hawthorn (AAO), and A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley)
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| About this Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and G. Cecil (U. North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
| Release Date: |
August 16, 2001 9:00 a.m. (EDT) |
| Orientation/Scale:
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