Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 1309 |
| Object Description: |
Spiral Galaxy |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 03h 22m 05s.2880
Dec. -15° 23 ' 49 ".34 |
| Constellation: |
Eridanus |
| Distance: |
100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 2.9 arcminutes (82,000 light-years or 25,000 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following proposals: 10497: A. Riess (STScI), P.B. Stetson (Dominion Astrophysical Observatory), A.V. Filippenko (University of California - Berkeley), L.J. Greenhill (Harvard-Smithsonian/CfA), W. Li and S. Jha (University of California - Berkeley); and 10711: K. Noll (STScI), H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, M. Mutchler, W. Januszewski, and T. Royle (Hubble Heritage Team/STScI/AURA) and A. Riess (STScI). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
August/September 2005 |
| Exposure Time: |
25 hours |
| Filters: |
F435W(B), F555W(V), F814W(I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, The Hubble Heritage Team and A. Riess (STScI) |
| Release Date: |
February 7, 2006 |
| Orientation: |
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