Central region of GMOS-N observations of And XXIX

noirlab_geminiann11013a September 29th, 2011

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Central region of the GMOS-N observations of And XXIX against the less dense field of stars. The image is 4.3 arcminutes on a side, corresponding to 900 parsecs (or 3000 lightyears square) at the distance of And XXIX.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann11013a/

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: And XXIX

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 58m 56.2s; DEC = 30° 45’ 19.4”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 4.4 x 4.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Pegasus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (i)	780.0 nm
Gemini-N (GMOS-N)	Optical (r)	630.0 nm

ID: geminiann11013a
Subject Category
Subject Name: And XXIX
Credits: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2011-09-29T13:31:25
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/geminiann11013a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Gemini North, Gemini North
Instrument: GMOS-N, GMOS-N
Color Assignment: Orange, Cyan

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

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 359.734166993, 30.7553933038
Reference Dimension: 500.0, 500.0

Reference Pixel: 250.0, 250.0
Scale: -0.000145631782015, 0.000145631782015
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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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: geminiann11013a

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/geminiann11013a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-10-03T08:39:39-10:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.