Hubble Unveils a Galaxy in Living Color

*Description*: The NASA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field and Planetary Camera 2 snapped this wide view of the nearby barred spiral galaxy NGC 1512. A wispy bar of material can barely be seen slicing vertically through the galaxy. The bar is funneling gas to the heart of the galaxy, fueling a ring of star birth. Blue-colored stars along the galaxy's outer edge trace the grand spiral arms. 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). *News Release Number:*: STScI-2001-16

NASA Identifier: SPD-HUBBLE-STScI-2001-16