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September 30, 2008 10:00 AM (EDT)

News Release Number: STScI-2008-35

When It Comes to Galaxies, Diversity Is Everywhere

Technical facts about this news release:

About these Objects

Name:	NGC 253	NGC 300	NGC 3077	NGC 4163
Position (J2000):	R.A. 00h 47m 33s.12 Dec. -25° 17' 17".59	R.A. 00h 54m 53s.48 Dec. -37° 41' 03".80	R.A. 10h 03m 19s.07 Dec. +68° 44' 02".11	R.A. 12h 12m 09s.16 Dec. +36° 10' 09".12
Constellation:	Sculptor	Sculptor	Ursa Major	Canes Venatici
Distance:	13 million light-years	7 million light-years	13 million light-years	10 million light-years
Exposure Date:	September 2006	September 2006	November 2006	December 2006

About the Data

Survey Name:	ANGST Galaxy Survey
Description:	Galaxies in the Local Volume
Science Team:	This image was created from HST data from proposals 10915: J. Dalcanton (University of Washington), and collaborators.
Instrument:	ACS
Filters:	F475W (B), F606W (V), and F814W (I)

About the Release

Release Credit:

NASA, ESA, and J. Dalcanton and B. Williams (University of Washington)

Release Date:

September 30, 2008

Color:

These images are a composite of separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope. 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
F450W (B)	blue

Orientation:

Compass and Scale Images for ANGST Galaxies