M109
noirlab_noao-m109hatfield February 24th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/George Hatfield and Flynn Haase
M109 is a very dim barred spiral galaxy. Both the central nucleus and outer arms are fairly smooth- devoid of hotspots of star formation. It is estimated that this galaxy is 50 million light years away from us. This image does well to show some detail in the bluer arms with a more yellow interior. To do this galaxy justice longer exposures will be necessary. Other barred spirals in the Messier catalogue include M91, M95 and M58. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m109hatfield/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m109hatfield
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M109
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/George Hatfield and Flynn Haase
- Release Date
- 2014-02-24T08:58:08
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m109hatfield/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 179.434907071, 53.3730216597
- Reference Dimension
- 1476.0, 980.0
- Reference Pixel
- 651.475090027, 639.033900261
- Scale
- -0.000251665895916, 0.000251731915648
- Rotation
- -3.0025986357655
- 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-m109hatfield
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m109hatfield.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:23:33+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
