File:NGC 4826 - HST.png

Original file (4,051 × 3,394 pixels, file size: 24.27 MB, MIME type: image/png)

Summary

Description

Here's an old favorite galaxy that I'm glad to have had the chance to process some new observations for. This is also known as the Black Eye galaxy, and is among the most striking galaxies that Hubble has looked at. Previously a Hubble Heritage image release, new imagery is around 2.5 times the resolution of the old WF/PC2 imagery. That means more refined details are visible, especially If you are able to zoom all the way in. In fact, the texture of the individual stars forming even the smooth, redder, non star-forming parts the galaxy are now revealed. If you do zoom in, don't mistake that grainy, noisy texture as actual noise. Those are stars!

I went ahead and did use some old WFPC2 data just to show glowing hydrogen gas. This usually works well without lowering the image quality, despite the disparity in resolution.

Data from the following proposals were used to create this image: PHANGS-HST: Linking Stars and Gas throughout the Scales of Star Formation The Smallest Nuclear Black Holes

Red: WFC3/UVIS F814W+WFPC2 F656N Green: WFC3/UVIS F555W Blue: WFC3/UVIS F438W+F336W+F275W

North is 142.85° clockwise from up.
Date
Source NGC 4826
Author Judy Schmidt from USA

Licensing

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
This image was originally posted to Flickr by geckzilla at https://flickr.com/photos/54209675@N00/49659407432. It was reviewed on 15 March 2020 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.

15 March 2020

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

inception

14 March 2020

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:09, 15 March 2020Thumbnail for version as of 09:09, 15 March 20204,051 × 3,394 (24.27 MB)Fabian RRRR=={{int:filedesc}}== {{Information |Description=Here's an old favorite galaxy that I'm glad to have had the chance to process some new observations for. This is also known as the Black Eye galaxy, and is among the most striking galaxies that Hubble has looked at. [https://hubblesite.org/contents/media/images/2004/04/1447-Image.html?news=true Previously a Hubble Heritage image release], new imagery is around 2.5 times the resolution of the old WF/PC2 imagery. That means more refined details ar...

The following page uses this file:

Global file usage

The following other wikis use this file:

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:NGC_4826_-_HST.png"