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About
this Object
Object
Name: |
IC 2497 and Galaxy Field Near Hanny's Voorwerp |
Position
(J2000): |
R.A. 09h41m03s.80
Dec. +34° 43' 34".21 |
Constellation: |
Leo Minor |
Distance: |
65 million light-years (20 million parsecs) |
Dimensions: |
This image is 250 arcseconds (420,000 light-years or 130,000 parsecs) wide. |
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About
the Data
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Data Description: |
The image was created from Hubble data from proposal 11620: W. Keel (University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa), C. Lintott (University of Oxford), K. Schawinski (Yale University), N. Bennert (University of California, Riverside), D. Thomas (University of Portsmouth), and H. van Arkel (Netherlands).
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Instrument: |
WFC3/IR |
Filters: |
F160W (H) |
Exposure
Date: |
April 4, 2010 |
Exposure
Time: |
45 minutes |
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About
this Image
Credit: |
NASA, ESA, and the Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) |
Acknowledgments: |
W. Keel (University of Alabama) and the Galaxy Zoo team |
Release
Date: |
January 10, 2011 |
Orientation/Scale: |

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