Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4589

About the colours

This image is a composite of separate exposures acquired by the ACS/WFC instrument. Several filters were used to sample various wavelengths. The color results from assigning different hues (colors) to each monochromatic (grayscale) image associated with an individual filter. In this case, the assigned colors are: Blue: F435W (B) Green: F555W (V) Red: F814W (I)

About the data

Data were obtained from the HST proposals 9293 PI: H. Ford (JHU) et al., and 9353 and 10498 PI: S. Smartt (Queen's University of Belfast) et al.