Deepest, widest view of the Large Magellanic Cloud from SMASH
noirlab_noirlab2030a December 1st, 2020
Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/SMASH/D. Nidever (Montana State University) Acknowledgment: Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
Part of the SMASH dataset showing an unprecedented wide-angle view of the Large Magellanic Cloud. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace. The depth of these survey data can be appreciated by the number of stars visible in the outer regions of the galaxy, as seen in the lower part of the image.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2030a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2030a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Large Magellanic Cloud
- Credits
- CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/SMASH/D. Nidever (Montana State University) Acknowledgment: Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
- Release Date
- 2020-12-01T08:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2030a/
- 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
- Instrument
- DECam, DECam, DECam, DECam
- Color Assignment
- Green, Red, Red, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- i, z, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 785, 927, 645, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 78.7957840796, -71.566506171
- Reference Dimension
- 6737.0, 6536.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3368.5, 3268.0
- Scale
- -0.00138784675876, 0.00138784675876
- Rotation
- -16.920000000000027
- 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
- noirlab2030a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2030a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2020-09-21T16:39:30+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
