Hubble's Infrared Galaxy Gallery. A View of NGC 6946
Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope to produce an infrared 'photo essay' of spiral galaxies. By penetrating the dust clouds swirling around the centers of these galaxies, the telescopes infrared vision is offering fresh views of star birth.
Credit:
Torsten Boeker, Space Telescope Science Institute, and NASA/ESA
About the Image
NASA press release
NASA caption
NASA caption
| Id: | opo9910e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 18 March 1999, 06:00 |
| Size: | 492 x 492 px |
About the Object
| Name: | IRAS 20338+5959, NGC 6946 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • Galaxies Images/Videos |
| Distance: | 20 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared H |
1.6 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
| Infrared Pseudogreen |
Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS | |
| Infrared Pa-alpha |
1.87 μm | Hubble Space Telescope NICMOS |
