"Ghost of Mirach" Rears its Spooky Head
galex_glx2008-02r_img03 October 31st, 2008
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/DSS
The "Ghost of Mirach" -- a galaxy called NGC 404 -- is seen as the whitish spot in the center of this visible light image. Mirach is a red giant star that looms large in visible light. Because NGC 404 is lost in the glare of this star, it was nicknamed the Ghost of Mirach.
The field of view spans 55,000 light years across. The Ghost of Mirach is located 11 million light-years from Earth. The star Mirach is very close in comparison -- it is only 200 light-years away and is visible with the naked eye.
The visible data come from the Digitized Sky Survey of the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, Md.
Provider: Galaxy Evolution Explorer
Image Source: /image/galex/glx2008-02r_img03
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: Public Domain
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- ID
- glx2008-02r_img03
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 404
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech/DSS
- Release Date
- 2008-10-31
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- /image/galex/glx2008-02r_img03
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- GALEX, GALEX
- Instrument
- FUV, NUV
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Yellow
- Band
- Ultraviolet, Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- 150, 230
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- 3597.75, 3597.75
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 17.220453, 35.787059
- Reference Dimension
- 3840, 3840
- Reference Pixel
- 1920.5, 1920.5
- Scale
- -4.16666666666667e-04, 4.16666666666667e-04
- Rotation
- 0
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Publisher
- Galaxy Evolution Explorer
- Publisher ID
- galex
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- /image/galex/glx2008-02r_img03
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- Metadata Date
- 2023-03-04T01:23:02Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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