Wide-field view of NGC 7173 (ground-based image)
A wide-field image of the region around NGC 7173 constructed from ground-based images in the Digitized Sky Survey. The field-of-view is approximately 3.7 x 3.8 degrees.
Credit:NASA, ESA, and the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0902b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 March 2009, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | heic0902 |
| Size: | 13632 x 13425 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 7173 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical |
| Distance: | 110 million light years |
| Constellation: | Piscis Austrinus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 22 2 6.24 |
| Position (Dec): | -31° 58' 53.75" |
| Field of view: | 231.64 x 228.12 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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