About the Object
Name: | NGC 1512 | |
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Distance: |
30 million light years | |
Constellation: | Horologium | |
Category: | Galaxies MIRI NIRCam |
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 4 3 54.04 |
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Position (Dec): | -43° 20' 50.41" |
Field of view: | 3.62 x 2.19 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 18.4° left of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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Infrared | 3.0 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared
PAH | 3.35 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared | 3.6 μm | James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam |
Infrared
PAH | 7.7 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared
PAH | 7.7 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared
Silicate | 10 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared
PAH | 11 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
Infrared | 21 μm | James Webb Space Telescope MIRI |
NGC 1512
This spiral galaxy was observed as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program, a large project that includes observations from several space- and ground-based telescopes of many galaxies to help researchers study all phases of the star formation cycle, from the formation of stars within dusty gas clouds to the energy released in the process that creates the intricate structures revealed by Webb’s new images.
NGC 1512 is 30 million light-years away in the constellation Horologium.
Learn more about what can be seen in this vast collection of Webb images here.
[Image description: Webb’s image of NGC 1512 shows a face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which is circular and shows a bright white point at the center with blue and yellow circles around it. The galaxy’s large bar is crossed by filamentary dust lanes that extend diagonally to the top left and bottom right. The bar is connected to a dense oval-shaped ring of orange spiral arms that start at the edges of the bar.]
Credit:NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team
About the Image
Id: | weic2403i | |
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Type: | Observation | |
Release date: | 29 January 2024, 16:00 | |
Related releases: | weic2403 | |
Size: | 3445 x 2088 px |