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Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4589

Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4589

About the Object

  • R.A. Position
    R.A. PositionRight ascension – analogous to longitude – is one component of an object's position.
    12h 37m 24.98s
  • Dec. Position
    Dec. PositionDeclination – analogous to latitude – is one component of an object's position.
    74° 11' 30.91"
  • Constellation
    ConstellationOne of 88 recognized regions of the celestial sphere in which the object appears.
    Draco
  • Distance
    DistanceThe physical distance from Earth to the astronomical object. Distances within our solar system are usually measured in Astronomical Units (AU). Distances between stars are usually measured in light-years. Interstellar distances can also be measured in parsecs.
    108 million light-years (33 million parsecs)

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.
    Data were obtained from the HST proposals 9293 PI: H. Ford (JHU) et al., and 9353 and 10498 PI: S. Smartt (Queen's University of Belfast) et al.
  • Instrument
    InstrumentThe science instrument used to produce the data.
    HST>ACS/WFC
  • Exposure Dates
    Exposure DatesThe date(s) that the telescope made its observations and the total exposure time.
    Nov. 11, 2006
  • Filters
    FiltersThe camera filters that were used in the science observations.
    F435W (B), F555W (V), and F814W (I)
  • Object Name
    Object NameA name or catalog number that astronomers use to identify an astronomical object.
    NGC 4589
  • Object Description
    Object DescriptionThe type of astronomical object.
    Elliptical galaxy
  • Release Date
    August 13, 2015
  • Science Release
    NASA’s Hubble Finds Supernovae in ‘Wrong Place at Wrong Time’
    Read the release
  • Credit
    NASA, ESA, and R. Foley (University of Illinois)

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Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4589
Color Info
Color InfoA brief description of the methods used to convert telescope data into the color image being presented.

This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F435W (B) Green: F555W (V) Red: F814W (I)

Compass and Scale
Compass and ScaleAn astronomical image with a scale that shows how large an object is on the sky, a compass that shows how the object is oriented on the sky, and the filters with which the image was made.

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Last Updated
Feb 17, 2025
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Claire Andreoli
NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center
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claire.andreoli@nasa.gov

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