Wide-field View of M83

Noirlab_m83_dss-wfi_1024

noirlab_M83_DSS-WFI December 6th, 2024

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey

A wide-field view of the area around M83, the Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/M83_DSS-WFI/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M83
Noirlab_m83_dss-wfi_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 37m 0.6s
DEC = -29° 52’ 14.4”
Orientation
North is 1.3° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange DSS (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (B) 649.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Noirlab_m83_dss-wfi_1280
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ID
M83_DSS-WFI
Subject Category
Subject Name
M83
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2024-12-06T13:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/M83_DSS-WFI/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, B
Central Wavelength
825, 649
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
204.252705618, -29.8706694482
Reference Dimension
10640.0, 10359.0
Reference Pixel
5320.5, 5179.0
Scale
-0.000280406386072129, 0.000279748543065457
Rotation
1.2589529542018
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
M83_DSS-WFI
Metadata Date
2024-12-31T09:58:46+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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