Starburst Galaxy NGC 1808
This image, taken with the Hubble telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2(WFPC2), provides a close-up view of the galaxy's center, the hotbed of vigorous star formation.
Credit:
Jim Flood, an amateur astronomer affiliated with Sperry Observatory at Union College in New Jersey, and Max Mutchler, a member of the Space Telescope Science Institute staff who volunteered to work with Jim
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9812c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 March 1998, 06:00 |
| Size: | 1480 x 1510 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 05059-3734, NGC 1808 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Activity : Starburst |
| Distance: | 40 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Optical R |
658 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Optical R |
675 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
| Infrared I |
814 nm | Hubble Space Telescope WFPC2 |
