*Description*: This is a view of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1313 taken with the the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile on Dec. 16, 2003 through various broad-band (B, R, z) and narrow-band filters (H-alpha, [o I], [O III]). The color composited image was made by assigning B to the blue channel, [O I] and [O III] to the green channel, and R, z, and H-alpha to the red channel. This gives many of the nebulous shells along the outer spiral arms a yellow/red hue. The outline of the central region indicates the area observed with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys. Technical facts about this news release: About the Object Object Name: NGC 1313 Object Description: Barred Spiral Galaxy Position (J2000): R.A. 03h 18m 15s.40 Dec. -66° 29' 50".0 Constellation: Reticulum Distance: Approximately 14 million light-years (4.2 million parsecs). About the Data Data Description: The Hubble image was created from HST data from proposal 9796: J. Miller (University of Michigan), G. Fabbiano and A. Zezas (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astropysics), P. Kaaret (University of Iowa), J. Grindlay (Harvard University), A. Kong (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), A. King (University of Leicester, UK), M. Ward (University of Durham, UK), V. Kalogera (Northwestern University), M. Krauss (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), M. Garcia (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astropysics). The science team is composed of A. Pellerin and M. Meyer (STScI), J. Harris (Stewart Observatory), and D. Calzetti (STScI). Note: Other Hubble ACS data (proposal 9494; PI: P. Padovani) and ground-based data (VLT; H. Boffin) were used to fill in the undithered chip gap. The below informaton contained within this section pertains to data from proposal 9797 only. Instrument: ACS/WFC Filters: F435W ("B"), F555W ("V"), F814W ("I") Exposure Date(s): November 22, 2003 and February 22, 2004 Exposure Time: 2.8 hours About the Image Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and A. Pellerin (STScI) Release Date: January 10, 2007 Color: This image is a composite of many separate exposures made by the ACS instrument on the Hubble Space Telescope using several different filters. Two filters were used to sample broad wavelength ranges. One filter was used to sample narrow wavelength emission. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic image. In this case, the assigned colors are: F435W ("B") blue F555W ("V") green F814W ("I") red Orientation: Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1313 - HST [ http://imgsrc.hubblesite.org/hu/db/2007/05/images/c/formats/compass_large_web.jpg ] What is an American Astronomical Society Meeting release? A major news announcement issued at an American Astronomical Society meeting, the premier astronomy conference. Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have found that young stellar nurseries, called open star clusters, have very short lives. This is gleaned from new observations by Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys that were used to do a "Where's Waldo" search for blue stars tossed out of their open cluster "nest" in the nearby galaxy known as NGC 1313. Read more: * The Full Story [ http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2007/05/full/ ] *News Release Number:*: STScI-2007-05b

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