NGC 628, PHANGS-ALMA and HST Composite
Composite ALMA (orange) and Hubble (blue) image of NGC 628, also known as Messier 74, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Pisces, located approximately 32 million light-years from Earth. It is imaged as part of the PHANGS-ALMA survey to study the properties of star-forming clouds in disk galaxies.
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); NASA/Hubble
| Technical Details | |
|---|---|
| Telescope | ALMA; ALMA; HST |
| Date | 2017-10-04T14:00:55.074000 |
| Center | RA: 1:36:41.7, Dec: 15:47:01 |
| Field of View | 5.1 x 5.1 arcminutes |
