M15, NGC 7078

Noirlab_noao-02215_1024

noirlab_noao-02215 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

M15, or NGC7078, a globular cluster in the constellation Pegasus, as seen by the KPNO 4-m telescope in 1975. M15 is a strong X-ray source, about 34000 light-years away and about 130 light-years across. It is unusual in that it contains a small planetary nebula (K648) in the northeast side (just below the center at the left). Orientation: north left, east down.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02215/

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

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M15 • NGC 7078
Noirlab_noao-02215_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 21h 30m 24.1s
DEC = 12° 7’ 43.0”
Orientation
North is 90.8° CCW
Field of View
27.9 x 22.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Pegasus
Noirlab_noao-02215_1280
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ID
noao-02215
Subject Category
Subject Name
M15, NGC 7078
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:34:15
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02215/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
322.6006208, 12.12860229
Reference Dimension
2500.0, 2000.0
Reference Pixel
1489.158066, 429.5509644
Scale
-0.000188, 0.000186
Rotation
90.82376453
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
noao-02215
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02215.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:37.130615
Metadata Version
1.1
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