Arp 286 (NGC 5560, 5566 & 5569)
noirlab_noao-arp286 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. Arp 286 consists of three galaxies that are gravitationally interacting. The large spiral galaxy at the center is NGC 5566. Below and to its left is the small, blue spiral galaxy NGC 5569. At the top of the image is the distorted spiral NGC 5560. It is presumably distorted by the gravity of NGC 5569. The image was generated with observations in B (blue), V (green) and I (red) filters. In this image, North is left, East is down.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-arp286/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-arp286
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- Arp 286, NGC 5560, NGC 5566, NGC 5569
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:46
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-arp286/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, V, b
- Central Wavelength
- 820, 538, 438
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 215.124091, 3.863593613
- Reference Dimension
- 3015.0, 3300.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2629.781128, 1218.475677
- Scale
- -7.27e-05, 7.26e-05
- Rotation
- 89.67062008
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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
- noao-arp286
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-arp286.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2022-09-12T14:58:09.700894
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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