M33, NGC 598

noirlab_noao-02274 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

The Triangulum Galaxy, M33, a type Sc spiral, was imaged by the KPNO 4-meter Mayall telescope in 1975. A member of our Local Group of galaxies, it is just visible with the naked eye.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02274/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 598

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 33m 49.4s; DEC = 30° 39’ 12.8”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CW
Field of View: 37.3 x 46.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Triangulum

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	KPNO-4m (None)	Optical (None)	-

ID: noao-02274
Subject Category
Subject Name: NGC 598
Credits: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2020-06-30T21:33:49
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02274/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Luminosity

Band: Optical
Bandpass: None
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 23.4560195652, 30.6535559471
Reference Dimension: 2000.0, 2500.0

Reference Pixel: 1000.0, 1250.0
Scale: -0.000310777874883, 0.000310777874883
Rotation: -0.2799999999999998
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

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

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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: noao-02274

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02274.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-10-02T11:52:34.005242
Metadata Version: 1.1

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