About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9734y |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 October 1997, 19:00 |
| Size: | 350 x 359 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 22179-2455, NGC 7252 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 220 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Ultraviolet U |
336 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical B |
439 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical V |
555 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
