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This galaxy’s designation is SDSSJ162702.56+432833.9 (among other, equally long and obscure identifiers)
If you’d like to know more about it, I suggest you read the proposal abstract here because I can’t explain the image without simply plagiarizing it.
Data used:
hst_11643_08_wfc3_uvis_f438w_sci
hst_11643_08_wfc3_uvis_f625w_sci
M100 aka NGC4321 (Hubble Legacy Archive Processing)
After a long break from the HLA I came back to it yesterday and quite quickly came across this UVIS data for M100. Even though three filters were used, the colors came out a little flat. Still, it’s a nice galaxy. I resisted the urge to clone data into the chip gap and instead ended up with some pretty blurry, low resolution data from MAST so if you notice that blurry, odd colored line, that’s what that is.
Large version.
Data used:
hst_11646_01_wfc3_uvis_f555w_sci
hst_11646_01_wfc3_uvis_f475w_sci
hst_11646_01_wfc3_uvis_f775w_sci
Some of the chip gap data:
hst_05195_51_wfpc2_f555w_wf_sci
hst_05195_51_wfpc2_f439w_wf_sci
hst_05195_01_wfpc2_f439w_wf_sci
hst_05195_01_wfpc2_f702w_wf_sci
hst_05195_51_wfpc2_f702w_wf_sci
The rest was a “search preview” from the MAST search result. The preview files didn’t have proper filenames and I lost track of which ones I used.
DI Cha is part of a triple star system, though only two are apparent. This is a star in the constellation of Chameleon. It’s a young system so it still has some dust to push around which looks nice.
Data used:
HST_10138_08_ACS_WFC_F850LP_sci
HST_10138_08_ACS_WFC_F775W_sci
PGC 10922 Redo (Hubble Legacy Archive Processing)
I felt like I could do better with this one if I tried it again. Here is the result. Old version is here. I tried to increase the overall contrast. A few bright areas became a little blown out but it’s probably more true to the appearance of the galaxy.
Large version.
Data used:
HST_10227_05_ACS_WFC_F475W_sci
HST_10227_06_ACS_WFC_F814W_sci
NGC3607 (Hubble Legacy Archive Processing)
Data used:
HST_9788_38_ACS_WFC_F814W_sci
HST_9788_38_ACS_WFC_F658N_sci
NGC 2903 (Hubble Legacy Archive Processing)
From our position in the universe, NGC 2903 is a big, beautiful S.
Larger version.
Data used:
HST_9788_15_ACS_WFC_F658N_sci
HST_9788_15_ACS_WFC_F814W_sci
NGC 7713 (Hubble Legacy Archive Processing)
Tried to use some of the other WFPC data to give it a more dynamic range of color but it didn’t work out.
Larger version.
Data used:
HST_9892_48_ACS_WFC_F658N_sci
HST_9892_48_ACS_WFC_F625W_sci
Chip gap filled with:
hst_09042_a6_wfpc2_f814w_wf_sci
hst_09042_a6_wfpc2_f450w_wf_sci
NGC 4526 (Hubble Legacy Archive Processing)
Kind of reminds me of an upside-down Sombrero Galaxy.
Larger version.
Data used:
HST_9401_08_ACS_WFC_F475W_sci
HST_9401_08_ACS_WFC_F850LP_sci
Chip gap filled with:
hst_05375_05_wfpc2_total_wf_sci
Starburst Galaxy (Hubble Legacy Archive Processing)
MCG+07-33-027
The target in the HLA was listed as CGCG—1600.6+4302. I have no idea what that means.
Larger version.
Data used:
HST_9403_03_ACS_WFC_F814W_sci
HST_9403_03_ACS_WFC_F606W_sci