NGC 1808

noirlab_iotw2320b May 17th, 2023

Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: R. Colombari and M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

NGC 1808 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Columba (the dove). This image was captured using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which is mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab, in Chile. You can find this Image of the Week here.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2320b/

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: NGC 1808

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 7m 42.4s; DEC = -37° 30’ 11.9”
Orientation: North is 1.0° CW
Field of View: 24.2 x 21.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Columba

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Blanco-4m (DECam)	Optical (g)	473.0 nm
Blanco-4m (DECam)	Optical (r)	642.0 nm
Blanco-4m (DECam)	Optical (i)	784.0 nm

ID: iotw2320b
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 1808
Credits: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: R. Colombari and M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)

Release Date: 2023-05-17T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2320b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Instrument: DECam, DECam, DECam
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: g, r, i
Central Wavelength: 473, 642, 784

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 76.9266766107, -37.5032928117
Reference Dimension: 5534.0, 4994.0

Reference Pixel: 2767.0, 2497.0
Scale: -7.29376784099e-05, 7.29376784099e-05
Rotation: -0.97999999999998311
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: iotw2320b

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/iotw2320b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-03-24T21:45:28+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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