The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510
noirlab_noirlab2210a May 3rd, 2022
Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
The interacting galaxy pair NGC 1512 and NGC 1510 take center stage in this image from the Dark Energy Camera, a state-of-the art wide-field imager on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory, a Program of NSF NOIRLab. NGC 1512 has been in the process of merging with its smaller galactic neighbor for 400 million years, and this drawn-out interaction has ignited waves of star formation and warped both galaxies.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2210a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2210a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1512
- Credits
- Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2022-05-03T06:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2210a/
- 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
- Instrument
- DECam, DECam, DECam, DECam, DECam
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Cyan, Orange, Red, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- g, r, i, z, Y
- Central Wavelength
- 477, 637, 777, 915, 988
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 60.9754615533, -43.3669430433
- Reference Dimension
- 4662.0, 5201.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2331.0, 2600.5
- Scale
- -7.30544014466e-05, 7.30544014466e-05
- Rotation
- 0.17999999999970215
- 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
- noirlab2210a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2210a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T13:58:53+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
