Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: NGC 1512 Object Description: Barred spiral galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 04h 03m 54.4s Dec. -43° 20' 55.0'' Constellation: Horologium Distance: 9.2 million pc (30 million light-years) Scale: The galaxy is 70,000 light-years across. The circumnuclear starburst ring is 2,400 light-years wide. About the Data Instruments Exposure Dates Filters: FOC NICMOS WFPC2 July 18, 1993 July 29, 1998 March 5, 1999 F220W (2200Å) F160W (1.6mm), F187W (1.8mm) F336W (U), F658N (redshifted Ha), F547M (Strömgren y), F814W (I) Principal Astronomers: D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University/Columbia University), A. J. Barth (Harvard CfA), L. C. Ho (Carnegie Obs.), A. Sternberg (Tel-Aviv University and A. V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley).
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Technical facts about this news release: About this Object Object Name: NGC 1512 Object Description: Barred spiral galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 04h 03m 54.4s Dec. -43° 20' 55.0'' Constellation: Horologium Distance: 9.2 million pc (30 million light-years) Scale: The galaxy is 70,000 light-years across. The circumnuclear starburst ring is 2,400 light-years wide. About the Data Instruments Exposure Dates Filters: FOC NICMOS WFPC2 July 18, 1993 July 29, 1998 March 5, 1999 F220W (2200Å) F160W (1.6mm), F187W (1.8mm) F336W (U), F658N (redshifted Ha), F547M (Strömgren y), F814W (I) Principal Astronomers: D. Maoz (Tel-Aviv University/Columbia University), A. J. Barth (Harvard CfA), L. C. Ho (Carnegie Obs.), A. Sternberg (Tel-Aviv University and A. V. Filippenko (UC Berkeley).
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