Cluster of galaxies in Virgo

noirlab_noao-02346 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

The Virgo cluster of galaxies includes M84 and M86. Thousands of galaxies form a rich, loose, irregular cluster which is not strongly concentrated towards the center. KPNO 4-meter Mayall telescope, 1974. See also this Schmidt image.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02346/

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: M84 • M86 • Virgo Cluster

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 26m 16.9s; DEC = 12° 41’ 11.8”
Orientation: North is 90.5° CW
Field of View: 41.5 x 51.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

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

ID: noao-02346
Subject Category
Subject Name: M84, M86, Virgo Cluster
Credits: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

Release Date: 2020-06-30T21:34:01
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Redshift
Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02346/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical
Bandpass: None
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 186.5703937, 12.68662134
Reference Dimension: 2000.0, 2500.0

Reference Pixel: 516.0586548, 1065.002289
Scale: -0.000346, 0.000346
Rotation: -90.5427569
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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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-02346

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-02346.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-10-02T11:52:33.720640
Metadata Version: 1.1

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