<p>The <a href="https://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/xdf/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">XDF data release</a>
has images in FITS format, which includes a world coordinate system to map image coordinates to celestial coordinates.
Then you can <a href="http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fcoo" rel="nofollow noreferrer">query SIMBAD</a>
to see what galaxies are near those coordinates.</p>

<p>For example, I loaded a WFC 60mas/pixel image into a FITS viewer,
which indicates that the face-on spiral at center left of the PR image
is near J2000 3h32m40.8s -27d46m16s.
(To align the PR image with the equatorial coordinate grid, rotate it about 50 degrees clockwise.)
SIMBAD found <a href="http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%407814928&amp;Name=%5bRTG2015%5d%2024587" rel="nofollow noreferrer">this galaxy</a> at that location, B-band magnitude 22.</p>

<p>To do this in Python code, you could try using
<a href="http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/wcs/index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">astropy.wcs</a>
to get celestial coordinates from the FITS image and
<a href="http://astroquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/simbad/simbad.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">astroquery.simbad</a>
to look up objects of interest.</p>

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2018-04-28T03:43:12.107Z
2018-04-28T03:43:12.107Z
Mike G
<p>After speaking to some people on Astronomy discords, they told me about SINBAD.</p>

<p><a href="http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/</a></p>

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2018-04-27T20:06:12.940Z
2018-04-27T20:06:12.940Z
ah27182
<p>I'm working on a little side project that traces and identifies galaxies in Hubble's XDF using OpenCV.</p>

<p>This is my current progress with tracing the more prominent galaxies:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/p31Oz.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/p31Oz.png" alt="enter image description here"></a>
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/TVjJw.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/TVjJw.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p><strong>I was wondering if there was some kind of database for the galaxies that appear in the XDF.</strong> Like their scientific names, coordinates, distances, and etc.</p>

<p>Here's a link to the image I am using for the project: <a href="https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/xdf.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/xdf.html</a></p>

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Names of specific galaxies in Hubble's XDF
ah27182
# Names of specific galaxies in Hubble's XDF

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-04-26)

I'm working on a little side project that traces and identifies galaxies in Hubble's XDF using OpenCV.

This is my current progress with tracing the more prominent galaxies:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/p31Oz.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/p31Oz.png)
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/TVjJw.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/TVjJw.png)

**I was wondering if there was some kind of database for the galaxies that appear in the XDF.** Like their scientific names, coordinates, distances, and etc.

Here's a link to the image I am using for the project: <https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hubble/science/xdf.html>

**Tags:** galaxy, telescope, hubble-telescope

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## 2 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-04-28. Score: 2

The [XDF data release](https://archive.stsci.edu/prepds/xdf/)
has images in FITS format, which includes a world coordinate system to map image coordinates to celestial coordinates.
Then you can [query SIMBAD](http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-fcoo)
to see what galaxies are near those coordinates.

For example, I loaded a WFC 60mas/pixel image into a FITS viewer,
which indicates that the face-on spiral at center left of the PR image
is near J2000 3h32m40.8s -27d46m16s.
(To align the PR image with the equatorial coordinate grid, rotate it about 50 degrees clockwise.)
SIMBAD found [this galaxy](http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=%407814928&Name=%5bRTG2015%5d%2024587) at that location, B-band magnitude 22.

To do this in Python code, you could try using
[astropy.wcs](http://docs.astropy.org/en/stable/wcs/index.html)
to get celestial coordinates from the FITS image and
[astroquery.simbad](http://astroquery.readthedocs.io/en/latest/simbad/simbad.html)
to look up objects of interest.


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### Answer by username_0 on 2018-04-27. Score: 1

After speaking to some people on Astronomy discords, they told me about SINBAD.

<http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/>


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