*Description*: This picture of M64 is a color composite of CCD images from the 0.9-meter telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, taken in January 1997. The image has been rotated and an overlay of the HST image outline has been superposed. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: M64, NGC 4826, Black Eye Galaxy Object Description: Spiral Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 12h 56m 43s.88 Dec. +21° 41' 00".1 Constellation: Coma Berenices Distance: Approximately 17 million light-years (5.2 Megaparsecs). Dimensions: This image is roughly 1.5 arcminutes (7,400 light-years or 2,300 parsecs) wide. About the Data Data Description: This image was created from HST data from the following HST programs: 9042: S. Smartt, G. Gilmore, N. Trentham, S. Hodgekin, and C. Tout (Institute of Astronomy), and J. Danziger (U. Trieste); and 8591: D. Richstone (U. Michigan), S. Faber (UCSC), J. Pinkney (U. Michigan), R. Bender (Universitats Sternwarte, Muenchen), G. Bower (NOAO), A. Dressler (Carnegie Observatories), A. Filippenko (UC Berkeley), K. Gebhardt (UCSC), R. Green (NOAO), C. Grillmair (SIRTF Science Center), L. Ho (Carnegie Observatories), J. Kormendy (U. Hawaii), T. Lauer (NOAO), J. Magorrian (Cambridge U.), S. Tremaine (Princeton). Instrument: WFPC2 Exposure Date(s): April 8/July 6, 2001 Exposure Time: 1.1 hours Filters: F450W ("B"), F547M (Str¯_¯_¯_mgren "y"), F656N (H-alpha), F814W ("I") About the Image Image Credit: NASA and The Hubble Heritage Team (STScI/AURA) Release Date: February 5, 2004 Orientation: Dust Band Around the Nucleus of [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2004/04/images/a/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ] What is Hubble Heritage? A monthly showcase of new and archival Hubble images. Go to the Heritage site. Back to top [ #top ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-2004-04b
