Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
M64, NGC 4826, Black Eye Galaxy |
| Object Description: |
Spiral Galaxy |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 12h 56m 43s.88
Dec. +21° 41' 00".1 |
| Constellation: |
Coma Berenices |
| Distance: |
Approximately 17 million light-years (5.2 Megaparsecs). |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 1.5 arcminutes (7,400 light-years or 2,300 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following HST programs:
9042: S. Smartt, G. Gilmore, N. Trentham, S. Hodgekin, and C. Tout (Institute of Astronomy), and J. Danziger (U. Trieste); and 8591: D. Richstone (U. Michigan), S. Faber (UCSC), J. Pinkney (U. Michigan), R. Bender (Universitats Sternwarte, Muenchen), G. Bower (NOAO), A. Dressler (Carnegie Observatories), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), K. Gebhardt (UCSC), R. Green (NOAO), C. Grillmair (SIRTF Science Center), L. Ho (Carnegie Observatories), J. Kormendy (U. Hawaii), T. Lauer (NOAO), J. Magorrian (Cambridge U.), S. Tremaine (Princeton). |
| Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
| Exposure Date(s): |
April 8/July 6, 2001 |
| Exposure Time: |
1.1 hours |
| Filters: |
F450W (B), F547M (Strömgren y), F656N (H-alpha), F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
| Release Date: |
February 5, 2004 |
| Orientation: |
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