NGC 3923
noirlab_noirlab2325d September 28th, 2023
Credit: DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab), R. Colombari (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
The onion-like layers of shell galaxy NGC 3923 are beautifully showcased in this image taken with the DOE-built Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF NOIRLab. Located in the constellation Hydra (the Serpent), NGC 3923 is about 70 million light-years away from Earth and 150,000 light-years across, making it about 50% larger than our Milky Way.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2325d/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2325d
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 3923
- Credits
- DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAImage processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab), R. Colombari (NSF NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2023-09-28T11:30:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2325d/
- 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
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 662, 784, 642, 473
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 177.91730387303485, -28.857329486332528
- Reference Dimension
- 7021.0, 7021.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2001.0, 2001.0
- Scale
- -7.484593801874153e-05, 7.484593801874153e-05
- Rotation
- -0.040000000000000632
- 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
- noirlab2325d
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2325d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-08-31T21:39:39+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
