Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 3949 |
| Object Description: |
Spiral Galaxy |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 11h 53m 11s.37
Dec. +47° 51' 31".6 |
| Constellation: |
Ursa Major |
| Distance: |
Approximately 50 million light-years (15 Megaparsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 2 arcminutes wide (30,000 light-years or 9000 parsecs). |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following proposal: 9042: S. Smartt (The Queen's University of Belfast). J. Danziger (INAF, Osservatorio Astronomico di Trieste), G. Gilmore, S. Hodgekin, C. Tout, and N. Trentham (University of Cambridge). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
October 1, 2001 |
| Exposure Time: |
16 minutes |
| Filters: |
F450W (B), F606W (V), F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release Date: |
August 5, 2004 |
| Orientation: |
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