Background Galaxy Found in Image of Vela Supernova Remnant
noirlab_noirlab2406h March 12th, 2024
Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURAImage Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
This image shows a distant, twinkling spiral galaxy — one of the many cosmic treasures found within the new 1.3 gigapixel Vela Supernova Remnant image, captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the US National Science Foundation's Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF NOIRLab.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2406h/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2406h
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
- Credits
- CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURAImage Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF NOIRLab)
- Release Date
- 2024-03-12T08:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2406h/
- 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
- H-alpha + NII, S II, OIII
- Central Wavelength
- 662, 673, 501
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 125.98789119430013, -43.846901269120686
- Reference Dimension
- 1300.0, 1300.0
- Reference Pixel
- 650.0, 650.0
- Scale
- -1.585836607239787e-05, 1.585836607239787e-05
- Rotation
- -1.1400000000000006
- 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
- noirlab2406h
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2406h.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-02-27T17:48:52+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
