Galaxy NGC 2787
Tightly wound, almost concentric, arms of dark dust encircle the bright nucleus of the otherwise nondescript galaxy, NGC 2787, in this image created by the Hubble Heritage team. Astronomer Marcella Carollo (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich) and collaborators used Hubble's Wide Field Planetary Camera 2 to collect the data in January 1999.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0207a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 4 April 2002, 07:00 |
| Size: | 753 x 736 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 2787 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Barred • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Lenticular |
| Distance: | 25 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
450 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
