NGC 3582 in Sagittarius

noirlab_noao-ngc3582 June 30th, 2020

Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

NGC3582 is a minor nebula in the Sagittarius arm of the Milky Way galaxy. It is part of star-forming region RCW 57 in Carina. This image was taken in 2007 using the Mosaic-2 imager on the Blanco 4-meter telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc3582/

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 3582

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 13m 20.6s; DEC = -61° 25’ 31.2”
Orientation: North is 0.9° CCW
Field of View: 26.9 x 26.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Carina

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Blanco-4m (Mosaic II)	Optical (Olll)	502.0 nm
Blanco-4m (Mosaic II)	Optical (Sll)	673.0 nm
Blanco-4m (Mosaic II)	Optical (Ha)	657.0 nm

ID: noao-ngc3582
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 3582
Credits: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, T. Abbott and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2020-06-30T21:34:09
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc3582/

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: Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II
Color Assignment: Cyan, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Olll, Sll, Ha
Central Wavelength: 502, 673, 657

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 168.336010215, -61.4253453695
Reference Dimension: 4000.0, 4000.0

Reference Pixel: 956.124481201, 167.65008545
Scale: -0.000111264642501, 0.000112062405915
Rotation: 0.90342609365939
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: noao-ngc3582

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ngc3582.tif
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Metadata Date: 2007-11-29T15:54:45-07:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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