Dramatically backlit dust lanes in NGC 7049
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope captured this image of NGC 7049 in the constellation of Indus, in the southern sky. A family of globular clusters appears as glittering spots dusted around the galaxy halo. Astronomers study the globular clusters in NGC 7049 to learn more about its formation and evolution. The dust lanes, which appear as a lacy web, are dramatically backlit by the millions of stars in the halo of NGC 7049.
Credit:NASA, ESA and W. Harris (McMaster University, Ontario, Canada)
About the Image
| Id: | heic0905a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 April 2009, 10:30 |
| Related releases: | heic0905 |
| Size: | 1766 x 1948 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 7049 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical |
| Distance: | 100 million light years |
| Constellation: | Indus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 21 19 0.17 |
| Position (Dec): | -48° 33' 43.15" |
| Field of view: | 1.47 x 1.62 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 46.2° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 435 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |
| Optical Pseudogreen (B+I) |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS | |
| Infrared I | 814 nm |
Hubble Space Telescope
ACS |