Galaxies in the Fornax Cluster
noirlab_noirlab2126a September 23rd, 2021
Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
Members of the Fornax galaxy cluster fill this image from the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab. Appearing in the constellation Fornax (the Furnace), the Fornax Cluster is a relatively nearby galaxy cluster, only about 60 million light-years from Earth. Some foreground stars, which belong to our own Milky Way Galaxy, appear in the image as well.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2126a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2126a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Fornax Cluster
- Credits
- CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2021-09-23T11:30:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2126a/
- 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
- DECam, DECam, DECam
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 785, 646, 486
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 54.7353529298, -35.4951571705
- Reference Dimension
- 10000.0, 5000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 5000.0, 2500.0
- Scale
- -7.29950826847e-05, 7.29950826847e-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
- noirlab2126a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2126a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-07-08T23:48:29+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
