Stephan's Quintet as imaged by the Gemini North
noirlab_geminiann04014a October 9th, 2004
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Stephan's Quintet as imaged by the Gemini Observatory using the Multi-Object Spectrograph on Gemini North. The interacting members of the cluster are almost 300 million light years away. The galaxy NGC 7320 (top–center) is thought by most astronomers to be in the foreground (about 8 times closer) and is distinguished in this image by multiple red blobs indicating hydrogen clouds where stars are forming. See Image Release for details Technical Details: AcquisitionDate(s): August 12, 2004 Telescope: Gemini North, Mauna Kea Hawai'i Instrument: GMOS (Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph) Field of View: 4.86 x 4.07 arcminutes Orientation: North=bottom, East=Right
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann04014a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- geminiann04014a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- HCG 87, NGC 7320, Stephan's Quintet
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2004-10-09T05:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann04014a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
- Instrument
- GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N
- Color Assignment
- Red, Yellow, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 780, 630, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 339.003405619, 33.9598176012
- Reference Dimension
- 2007.0, 1680.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1003.5, 840.0
- Scale
- -4.04399304438e-05, 4.04399304438e-05
- Rotation
- 180.02000000000004
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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
- geminiann04014a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/geminiann04014a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2004-08-31T14:35:00-10:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
