NGC 1003
noirlab_noirlab2101a January 5th, 2021
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgments:PI: M T. Patterson (New Mexico State University)Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
A stunning long-exposure observation lasting 70 minutes from the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab, reveals the spiral galaxy NGC 1003 in glorious detail. NGC 1003 resides in front of a galaxy cluster — a vast collection of galaxies bound together by gravity. The long exposure time of this deep observation allowed these usually overlooked red background cluster galaxies to be captured.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2101a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2101a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1003
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgments:PI: M T. Patterson (New Mexico State University)Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
- Release Date
- 2021-01-05T08:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2101a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Cyan, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, B, U
- Central Wavelength
- 657, 651, 438, 355
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 39.8209312116, 40.8702077288
- Reference Dimension
- 2874.0, 1916.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1437.0, 958.0
- Scale
- -7.27356468898e-05, 7.27356468898e-05
- Rotation
- -0.04
- 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
- noirlab2101a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2101a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2020-06-26T22:38:13+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
