Technical facts about this news release:
| About the Object |
| Object Name: |
NGC 3370 |
| Object Description: |
Spiral Galaxy |
| Position (J2000): |
R.A. 10h 47m 04s.18
Dec. +17° 16' 22".8 |
| Constellation: |
Leo |
| Distance: |
98 million light-years (30 megaparsecs) |
| Dimensions: |
This image is roughly 3.4 arcminutes (95,000 light-years or 29,000 parsecs) wide. |
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| About the Data |
| Data Description: |
This image was created from HST data from the following proposals: 9351: A. Riess (STScI), P. Stetson (NRC), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley); and 9696: K. Noll (STScI), A. Riess (STScI), L. Frattare, H. Bond, C. Christian, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, and T. Royle (STScI). |
| Instrument: |
ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Date(s): |
April/May 2003 |
| 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: |
September 4, 2003 |
| Orientation: |
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