Andromeda
ztf_ztf20190207a February 7th, 2019
Credit: ZTF/D. Goldstein and R. Hurt (Caltech)
A composite ZTF image of the Andromeda galaxy made by combining three bands of visible light. The image covers 2.9 square degrees, which is one-sixteenth of ZTF's full field of view.
Andromeda, also known as Messier 31, is the nearest major galaxy to our Milky Way galaxy, lying 2.5 million light-years away.
Provider: Zwicky Transient Facility
Image Source: https://www.ztf.caltech.edu/image/andromeda
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- ID
- ztf20190207a
- Subject Category
- B.5.1.1.
- Subject Name
- Andromeda, Messier 31, m31
- Credits
- ZTF/D. Goldstein and R. Hurt (Caltech)
- Release Date
- 2019-02-07
- Lightyears
- 2,500,000
- Redshift
- 2,500,000
- Reference Url
- https://www.ztf.caltech.edu/image/andromeda
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- 1.731000000000E+04
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000
- Reference Value
- 1.065367579866E+01, 4.134469950933E+01
- Reference Dimension
- 6796, 7059
- Reference Pixel
- 3398.5, 3530
- Scale
- -2.77777777777800e-04, 2.77777777777800e-04
- Rotation
- -0
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- URL
- /image/ztf/ztf20190207a
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- City
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- Country
- Rights
- Publisher
- ztf
- Publisher ID
- ztf
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- https://www.ztf.caltech.edu/system/avm_images/binaries/11/original/ztf20190207a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2019-02-09T00:06:32Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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