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NASA Hubble Space Telescope Collection
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Heritage Project Celebrates Five Years of Harvesting the Best Images from Hubble Space Telescope
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General Information:
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What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ]
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Acknowledgement:
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*Video Credit:* NASA [ http://www.nasa.gov/] and G. Bacon (STScI [ http://www.stsci.ed…])
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Fast Facts:
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Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: Sombrero Galaxy, M104, NGC 4594 Object Description: Edge-on Spiral Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 39m 59s.43 Dec. -11° 37' 23".0 Constellation: Virgo Distance: 28 million light-years (9 megaparsecs) Dimensions: This image is roughly 10 arcminutes (82,000 light-years or 25,000 parsecs) wide. About the Data Data Description: TThis image was created from data from HST program 9714: K. Noll, H. Bond, C. Christian, L. Frattare, F. Hamilton, Z. Levay, and T. Royle (STScI). Instrument: ACS/WFC Exposure Date(s): May - June 2003 Exposure Time: 10.2 hours Filters: F435W("B"), F555W("V"), F625W("r") About the Image Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Release Date: October 2, 2003 Orientation: The Majestic Sombrero Galaxy (M104) [ http://imgsrc.hubbl…]
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*Release Date*:October 2, 2003 12:00 AM (EDT)
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*News Release Number:*: STScI-2003-28a
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*Title*:Heritage Project Celebrates Five Years of Harvesting the Best Images from Hubble Space Telescope
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*Description*:> The Sombrero galaxy's hallmark is a brilliant white, bulbous core encircled by the thick dust lanes comprising the spiral structure of the galaxy. This brilliant galaxy was named the Sombrero galaxy because of its resemblance to the broad rim and high-topped Mexican hat. The Sombrero lies at the southern edge of the rich Virgo cluster of galaxies and is one of the most massive objects in that group.
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Virgo
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COMPASS
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Aura
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Hubble Space Telescope (HST)
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Hamilton
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Sombrero Galaxy
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M104
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Washington, D.C.
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June 2003
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October 2, 2003
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2003
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Running Time:
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1 minute
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SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-200 3-28a
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original url:
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http://hubblesite.o…
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Release Date:
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October 2, 2003 12:00 AM (EDT)
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Image ID:
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114228
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full_tif.jp2
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11472
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