Warped Disk of Galaxy UGC 3697
nrao_NRAO_Gallery020
Credit: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Image copyright J. M. Uson (NRAO), observers L. D. Matthews (CfA), J. M. Uson (NRAO)
The \"Integral Sign\'\' galaxy, UGC 3697 is an edge-on spiral galaxy with an unusually pronounced warp in both its stellar and gaseous disks. The neutral Hydrogen gas, represented in blue, is overlaid on an optical image of the stars of the galaxy. Unlike in normal spiral galaxies, the brightest concentration of neutral Hydrogen is not found near the center of UGC 3697 but along its western edge, where the Very Large Array (VLA) has detected a bright, extended region of emission. In addition, plumes of gas extend to considerable height above and below the disk of the galaxy.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/warped-disk-of-galaxy-ugc-3697-2/
Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
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- ID
- NRAO_Gallery020
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- UGC 3697, Integral Sign Galaxy
- Credits
- NRAO/AUI/NSF, Image copyright J. M. Uson (NRAO), observers L. D. Matthews (CfA), J. M. Uson (NRAO)
- Release Date
- Lightyears
- 1.51E+08
- Redshift
- 1.51E+08
- Reference Url
- https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/warped-disk-of-galaxy-ugc-3697-2/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- VLA, Schmidt
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Grayscale
- Band
- Radio, Optical
- Bandpass
- L, W
- Central Wavelength
- 2.1121E+08, 674
- Start Time
- 2000-05-28, 2017-03-15T09:15:35-04:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 107.84391700000, 71.83637200000
- Reference Dimension
- 3598, 3190
- Reference Pixel
- 1729.147532619721993, 1582.307281293143219
- Scale
- -0.000031211656476, 0.000031211656476
- Rotation
- 0.77153819086
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- URL
- https://public.nrao.edu
- Name
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- outreach@nrao.edu
- Telephone
- Address
- 520 Edgemont Road
- City
- Charlottesville
- State/Province
- Virginia
- Postal Code
- 22903
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)
- Publisher
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- Publisher ID
- nrao
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/ugc3697fullcolor.jpg
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-06T09:29:32-04:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
