Dwarf Starburst Galaxy Henize 2-10
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Release Date
January 19, 2022 11:00AM (EST)Read the Release
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Caption
Dwarf starburst galaxy Henize 2-10 sparkles with young stars in this Hubble visible-light image. The bright region at the center, surrounded by pink clouds and dark dust lanes, indicates the location of the galaxy's massive black hole and active stellar nurseries.
Credits
SCIENCE:
NASA, ESA, Zachary
Schutte
(XGI), Amy
Reines
(XGI)
IMAGE PROCESSING:
Alyssa
Pagan
(STScI)
Keywords
| About The Object | |
|---|---|
| Object Name | Henize 2-10 |
| Object Description | Dwarf Starburst Galaxy |
| R.A. Position | 08:36:15.15 |
| Dec. Position | -26:24:34.00 |
| Constellation | Pyxis |
| Distance | 30 million light-years |
| Dimensions | Image is about 1.1 arcmin across (about 11,000 light-years) |
| About The Data | |
| Data Description | This Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal: 13442 (B.Tully), 10609 (W. Vacca), 6580 (P. Conti) |
| Instrument | WFPC2, ACS/HRC, & ACS/WFC |
| Exposure Dates | 06 Nov. 2005, 12 March 2006, 03 April 1997, 10 Jan. 2014 |
| Filters | F330W, F606W, F656N, F814W |
| About The Image | |
| Color Info | These images are a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC, ACS/HRC, WFPC2 instruments on the Hubble Space Telescope. Several filters were used to sample narrow and wide wavelength ranges. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Cyan: F330W Cyan: F606W Orange: F814W Red: F658N |
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| Object Description | The type of astronomical object. |
| R.A. Position | Right ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Dec. Position | Declination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position. |
| Constellation | One of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears. |
| Distance | The physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs. |
| Dimensions | The physical size of the object or the apparent angle it subtends on the sky. |
| About The Data | |
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| Instrument | The science instrument used to produce the data. |
| Exposure Dates | The date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time. |
| Filters | The camera filters that were used in the science observations. |
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| Publication Date | The date and time the release content became public. |
| Color Info | A brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented. |
| Orientation | The rotation of the image on the sky with respect to the north pole of the celestial sphere. |