Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
Asteroid Trail in Sagittarius Dwarf Irregular Galaxy (SagDIG, ESO 594-4) |
| Object Description: |
Serendipitous Asteroid Trail in Field |
| Position of Galaxy (J2000): |
R.A. 19h 29m 59s
Dec. -17° 40' 00" |
| Constellation: |
Sagittarius |
| Distance to Galaxy: |
3.5 million light-years (1.1 Megaparsecs) |
| Distance to Asteroid: |
169 million miles (1.82 Astronomical Units) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is 1.5 arcminutes wide. At the distance to the galaxy, this represents a physical dimension of 1,500 light-years (470 parsecs). At the distance of the asteroid, this represents a physical dimension of 72,000 miles (116,000 kilometers). |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 9820: Y. Momany and L. Bedin (Univ. of Padua), E. Held (Astr. Obs. of Padua), K. Kuijken (Univ. of Leiden), R. Rich (UCLA), L. Rizzi (Univ. of Padua), and I. Saviane (ESO – Chile). The science team involved with the asteroid is: S. Marchi, Y. Momany, and L. Bedin (Univ. of Padua). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
August 18, 2003 |
| Filters: |
F435W (B), F606W (V), F814W (I) |
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| About the Image |
| Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and Y. Momany (University of Padua) |
| Release Date: |
November 11, 2004 |
| Orientation: |
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