Compass and scale image for HCG 31
Compass and scale image for HCG 31
Credit:
Illustration credit: NASA, ESA and Z. Levay (STScI). Science Credit: NASA, ESA, S. Gallagher (The University of Western Ontario) and J. English (University of Manitoba)
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo1008c |
| Type: | Collage |
| Release date: | 18 February 2010, 15:00 |
| Size: | 2579 x 2400 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HCG 31, Hickson Compact Group 31 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Grouping : Cluster |
| Distance: | 180 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet Near-UV |
GALEX | |
| Optical B |
435 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
606 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
675 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared Near-IR |
8.0 μm | Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope ACS |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
