NOIRLab releases best view yet of a neighboring dwarf galaxy
noirlab_noirlab2010a April 16th, 2020
Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgments: P. Massey (Lowell Obs.), G. Jacoby, K. Olsen, C. Smith (NOAO/AURA/NSF) & T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF). Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
Barnard’s Galaxy, a dwarf galaxy neighboring the Milky Way, is revealed in this stunning image from the Víctor M. Blanco 4-m Telescope at the Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, operated by NSF NOIRLab. The image reveals regions of intense star formation and a scattering of immense cosmic bubbles. Despite its small size, the galaxy contains some spellbinding cosmic objects. Glowing red regions of star formation are scattered throughout Barnard’s Galaxy and indicate that incandescent star birth is widespread. Several other regions are well known in their own right and have been well studied since they were first detected by Edwin Hubble in 1925.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2010a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (H-alpha) | 656.0 nm |
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Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (I) | 805.0 nm |
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Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (R) | 644.0 nm |
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Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (V) | 537.0 nm |
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Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (OIII) | 499.0 nm |
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Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (B) | 436.0 nm |
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Blanco-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (U) | 357.0 nm |
- ID
- noirlab2010a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Barnard’s Galaxy, NGC 6822
- Credits
- CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgments: P. Massey (Lowell Obs.), G. Jacoby, K. Olsen, C. Smith (NOAO/AURA/NSF) & T.A. Rector (NRAO/AUI/NSF). Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
- Release Date
- 2020-04-16T03:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2010a/
- 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, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, 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, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Orange, Green, Cyan, Blue, Purple
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, I, R, V, OIII, B, U
- Central Wavelength
- 656, 805, 644, 537, 499, 436, 357
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 296.239597634, -14.8335353572
- Reference Dimension
- 6299.0, 5774.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3149.5, 2887.0
- Scale
- -7.50572433115e-05, 7.50572433115e-05
- Rotation
- 0
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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
- noirlab2010a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2010a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2020-03-12T15:38:15+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
