Javascript must be enabled to use AstroPix. Learn How!

NGC 7582

Noirlab_gemini1306d_1024

noirlab_gemini1306d August 6th, 2013

Credit: International Gemini Observatory/AURA

Spiral galaxy NGC 7582 is the brightest member of the Grus Quartet of galaxies, some 60 million light-years distant traveling together through space. In this near-infrared image, FLAMINGOS-2 resolved its high quantity of dust that line NGC 7582’s arms as well as regions rich in star formation.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1306d/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

View Options

Fullscreen

View in WorldWide Telescope

Download Options

Full Size Image (825 x 557)
Source TIFF (837 KB)

Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 7582

Noirlab_gemini1306d_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 18m 23.9s; DEC = -42° 22’ 13.5”
Orientation: North is 89.8° CCW
Field of View: 2.5 x 1.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Grus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Gemini-S (FLAMINGOS 2)	Infrared (Ks)	2.2 µm
	Gemini-S (FLAMINGOS 2)	Infrared (H)	1.7 µm
	Gemini-S (FLAMINGOS 2)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm

Spectrum_base

Red

Green

Blue

Noirlab_gemini1306d_1280

×

ID: gemini1306d
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 7582
Credits: International Gemini Observatory/AURA

Release Date: 2013-08-06T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/gemini1306d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Gemini South, Gemini South, Gemini South
Instrument: FLAMINGOS 2, FLAMINGOS 2, FLAMINGOS 2
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Ks, H, J
Central Wavelength: 2200, 1650, 1250

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 349.599420717, -42.3704048394
Reference Dimension: 825.0, 557.0

Reference Pixel: 412.5, 278.5
Scale: -4.97221661039e-05, 4.97221661039e-05
Rotation: 89.780000000000157
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email

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: gemini1306d

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/gemini1306d.tif
Related Resources

Metadata Date: 2024-10-02T11:52:26.666991
Metadata Version: 1.1

×

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

Providers | Sign In

Nasa_partner

NASA’s Universe of Learning materials are based upon work supported by NASA under cooperative agreement award number NNX16AC65A to the Space Telescope Science Institute, working in partnership with Caltech/IPAC, Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian, and NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The award is part of NASA’s Science Activation program, which strives to further enable NASA science experts and content into the learning environment more effectively and efficiently with learners of all ages.