A Young Mammoth Cluster of Galaxies Sighted in the Early Universe

Noirlab_noao1601b_1024

noirlab_noao1601b May 25th, 2016

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Sload Digitial Sky Survey/D. Lang

Coma Cluster image from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1601b/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Coma Cluster
Noirlab_noao1601b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 59m 49.8s
DEC = 27° 58’ 22.0”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
33.5 x 23.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red SDSS (CCD) Infrared (Z) 913.0 nm
Yellow SDSS (CCD) Optical (i) 762.0 nm
Green SDSS (CCD) Optical (r) 623.0 nm
Blue SDSS (CCD) Optical (g) 477.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Yellow
Green
Blue
Noirlab_noao1601b_1280
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ID
noao1601b
Subject Category
Subject Name
Coma Cluster
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Sload Digitial Sky Survey/D. Lang
Release Date
2016-05-25T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao1601b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
SDSS, SDSS, SDSS, SDSS
Instrument
CCD, CCD, CCD, CCD
Color Assignment
Red, Yellow, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Z, i, r, g
Central Wavelength
913, 762, 623, 477
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
194.957485773, 27.9727877124
Reference Dimension
2000.0, 1385.0
Reference Pixel
1000.0, 692.5
Scale
-0.000278838125681, 0.000278838125681
Rotation
-0
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
noao1601b
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao1601b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2020-06-01T20:01:56+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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