Compass File for Active 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.

  The images were created from various Hubble observations of active galaxies from proposals 5426: PI Z. Tsvetanov (NASA/GALEX) et al. and 12525: W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), K. Schawinski (ETH Zurich), V. Bennert (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo), C. Lintott (Oxford University), D. Chojnowski (New Mexico State), D. Evans (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), and M. Urry (Yale University). The science team comprises: W. Keel and W. Peter Maksym (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), V. Bennert (Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo), C. Lintott (Oxford University), D. Chojnowski (New Mexico State), A. Moiseev and A. Smirnova (Special Astrophysical Observatory, Russia), K. Schawinski (ETH Zurich), M. Urry (Yale University), D. Evans (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), A. Pancoast (UC Santa Barbara), B. Scott (JPL), C. Showley (San Francisco State University), and K. Flatland (Cal Poly San Luis Obispo). Object name: Teacup Galaxy, SDSS 1430+13, 2MASX J14302986+1339117 Redshift: 0.0852 ACS: FR551N (blue) and FR716N (green) WFC3: F621M (blue) and F763M (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 14h 30m 29s.76 | Dec: 13° 39' 15".15 Constellation: Bootes Object name: NGC 5972 Redshift: 0.0297 ACS: FR505N (blue) WFC3: F673N (green), F621M (blue), and F763M (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 15h 38m 54s.04 | Dec: 17° 01' 37".48 Constellation: Serpens Caput Object name: SDSS 1510+07, 2MASX J15100402+0740370 Redshift: 0.0458 ACS: FR505N (blue) and FR716N (green) WFC3: F621M (blue) and F763M (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 15h 10m 03s.96 | Dec: 7° 40' 40".90 Constellation: Bootes Object name: UGC 7342 Redshift: 0.0477 ACS: FR505N (blue) and FR716N (green) WFC3: F621M (blue) and F763M (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 12h 18m 19s.09 | Dec: 29° 15' 12".26 Constellation: Coma Berenices Object name: NGC 5252 Redshift: 0.0228 WFPC2: FR533N (blue), F673N (green), F588N (blue), and F606W (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 113h 38m 15s.74 | Dec: 04° 32' 34".72 Constellation: Virgo About the Objects Object name: Markarian 1498 Redshift: 0.0547 ACS: FR551N (blue) and FR716N (green) WFC3: F621M (blue) and F763M (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 16h 28m 03s.89 | Dec: 51° 46' 34".39 Constellation: Draco Object name: UGC 11185 Redshift: 0.0412 ACS: FR505N (blue) and FR716N (green) WFC3: F621M (blue) and F763M (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 18h 16m 10s.43 | Dec: 42° 39' 32".59 Constellation: Lyra Object name: SDSS 2201+11, 2MASX J22014163+1151237 Redshift: 0.0296 WFC3: FQ508N (blue), F673N (green), F621M (blue), and F763M (red) Coordinates (J2000): RA: 22h 01m 41s.51 | Dec: 11° 51' 27".80 Constellation: Pegasus
• Instrument

  InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.

  HST>WFPC2, HST>ACS/WFC, and HST>WFC3/UVIS