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| About
this Object
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Object Name: |
NGC 3949 |
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Object Description: |
Spiral Galaxy |
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Position (J2000): |
R.A. 11h 53m 11s.37
Dec. +47° 51' 31".6 |
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Constellation: |
Ursa Major |
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Distance: |
Approximately 50
million light-years (15 Megaparsecs) |
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Dimensions: |
This image is roughly
2 arcminutes wide (30,000 light-years or 9000
parsecs)
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| About
the Data
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Data
Description: |
This image was
created from HST data from the following proposal:
9042: S. Smartt (The Queen's University of
Belfast). J. Danziger (INAF, Osservatorio
Astronomico di Trieste), G. Gilmore, S. Hodgekin,
C. Tout, and N. Trentham (University of Cambridge)
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Instrument: |
WFPC2 |
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Exposure Date: |
October 1, 2001 |
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Exposure Time: |
16 minutes |
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Filters: |
F450W (B), F606W
(V), F814W (I) |
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| About
this Image
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Image Credit: |
NASA, ESA, The
Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
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Release Date: |
August 5, 2004 |
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Orientation/Scale: |
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