Hubble Snaps Images of a Pinwheel-Shaped Galaxy
This dramatic spiral galaxy is one of the latest viewed by NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. Stunning details of the face-on spiral galaxy, cataloged as NGC 1309, are captured in this colour image. NGC 1309 was home to supernova SN 2002fk, whose light reached Earth in September 2002. NGC 1309 resides 100 million light-years (30 Megaparsecs) from Earth. It is one of about 200 galaxies that make up the Eridanus group of galaxies.
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About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo0607a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 February 2006, 15:00 |
| Size: | 3440 x 3208 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 1309 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 100 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
