NGC 1270: A Galactic Archipelago
noirlab_noirlab2426a October 21st, 2024
Credit: International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)Acknowledgements: PI: Jisu Kang (Seoul National University)
NGC 1270 is just one member of the Perseus Cluster, a group of thousands of galaxies that lies around 240 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus. This image, taken with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, which is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, captures a dazzling collection of galaxies in the central region of this enormous cluster.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2426a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2426a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1270
- Credits
- International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)Acknowledgements: PI: Jisu Kang (Seoul National University)
- Release Date
- 2024-10-21T10:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2426a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Gemini North, Gemini North, Gemini North
- Instrument
- GMOS-N, GMOS-N, GMOS-N
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- i, r, g
- Central Wavelength
- 780, 630, 475
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 49.74212228566737, 41.46997924859426
- Reference Dimension
- 2113.0, 1615.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1056.5, 807.5
- Scale
- -4.493049549864662e-05, 4.493049549864662e-05
- Rotation
- 179.95999999999989
- 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
- noirlab2426a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2426a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-04-28T21:03:55+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
