Compass and Scale Image for Outflows from 12 Merging Galaxies

About the Data

• Data Description

  Data DescriptionProposal: A description of the observations, their scientific justification, and the links to the data available in the science archive.
  Science Team: The astronomers who planned the observations and analyzed the data. "PI" refers to the Principal Investigator.

  Hubble data for this release were obtained from the following HST proposal 12019 (PI: C. Tremonti, University of Wisconsin, Madison). The science team includes: P. H. Sell (Texas Tech University, Lubbock), C. Tremonti (University of Wisconsin, Madison), R. C. Hickox (Dartmouth College), A. M. Diamond-Stanic (University of Wisconsin, Madison), J. Moustakas (Siena College, NY), A. Coil (University of California, San Diego), A. Williams (University of Wisconsin, Madison), G. Rudnick (University of Kansas), A. Robaina (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor), J. Geach (University of Hertfordshire), and S. Heinz and E. Wilcots (University of Wisconsin, Madison). Top Row (left to right): Object name: J0826+4305 Redshift: 0.604 RA: 08h 26m 38s.148 Dec: 43° 05' 19''.92 Object name: J0944+0930 Redshift: 0.514 RA: 09h 44m 17s.427 Dec: 09° 30' 27''.20 Object name: J1104+5946 Redshift: 0.573 RA: 11h 04m 39s.195 Dec: 59° 46' 10''.82 Object name: J1359+5137 Redshift: 0.413 RA: 13h 59m 22s.62 Dec: 51° 37' 39''.55 Middle Row (left to right): Object name: J1506+5402 Redshift: 0.609 RA: 15h 06m 37s.340 Dec: 54° 02' 16''.88 Object name: J1506+6131 Redshift: 0.437 RA: 15h 06m 03s.284 Dec: 61° 31' 38''.51 Object name: J1558+3957 Redshift: 0.403 RA: 15h 58m 11s.312 Dec: 39° 57' 10''.83 Object name: J1613+2834 Redshift: 0.450 RA: 16h 13m 33s.275 Dec: 28° 34' 12''.86 Bottom Row (left to right): Object name: J1634+4619 Redshift: 0.576 RA: 16h 34m 47s.408 Dec: 46° 19' 49''.79 Object name: J1713+2817 Redshift: 0.577 RA: 17h 13m 00s.830 Dec: 28° 17' 00''.60 Object name: J2118+0017 Redshift: 0.460 RA: 21h 18m 24s.581 Dec: 00° 17' 02''.17 Object name: J2140+1209 Redshift: 0.752 RA: 21h 40m 0s.989 Dec: 12° 09' 07''.69
• Instrument

  InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.

  HST>WFC3/UVIS
• Exposure Dates

  Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.

  February - November, 2010
• Filters

  FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.

  F814W (I)