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Dancing Galaxies NGC 6872 & IC 4970

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noirlab_gemini1104a March 29th, 2011

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/AURA/Australian Gemini Office

Image of NGC 6872 (left) and companion galaxy IC 4970 (right) locked in a tango as the two galaxies gravitationally interact. The galaxies lie about 200 million light-years away in the direction of the constellation Pavo (the Peacock). Minimum Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA/Australian Gemini Office. Full Credit: Gemini Observatory/AURA/Australian Gemini Office, Sydney Girls High School Astronomy Club, Travis Rector (University of Alaska, Anchorage), and Ángel López-Sánchez (Australian Astronomical Observatory/Macquarie University).

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1104a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: IC 4970 • NGC 6872

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 20h 16m 55.9s; DEC = -70° 46’ 3.3”
Orientation: North is 116.1° CW
Field of View: 5.0 x 5.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Pavo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Gemini-S (GMOS-S)	Optical (i)	780.0 nm
	Gemini-S (GMOS-S)	Optical (r)	630.0 nm
	Gemini-S (GMOS-S)	Optical (g)	475.0 nm

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ID: gemini1104a
Subject Category
Subject Name: IC 4970, NGC 6872
Credits: International Gemini Observatory/AURA/Australian Gemini Office

Release Date: 2011-03-29T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1104a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
Instrument: GMOS-S, GMOS-S, GMOS-S
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: i, r, g
Central Wavelength: 780, 630, 475

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Dataset ID: None, None, None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 304.232868456, -70.7675956669
Reference Dimension: 2048.0, 2048.0

Reference Pixel: 1024.0, 1024.0
Scale: -4.05703018946e-05, 4.05703018946e-05
Rotation: -116.1
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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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: gemini1104a

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini1104a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-10-02T11:52:22.375710
Metadata Version: 1.1

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