I Zwicky 18 (ground-based image)
A wide field image of the sky around the galaxy I Zwicky 18 taken on the ground by the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is approximately 2.7 x 2.8 degrees.
Credit:
NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0716c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 16 October 2007, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0716 |
| Size: | 9800 x 9973 px |
About the Object
| Name: | I Zw 18 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular • Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf |
| Distance: | 60 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
DSS |
| Optical R |
DSS |
