M3, NGC 5272
noirlab_noao-m3-kpno-mayall-4-m 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. M3 is a giant globular cluster that consists of several hundred thousand stars. It is slightly larger and more distant than M13. Like in all globular clusters, the stars are all old. Because the core of the cluster is very bright, many short exposures had to be taken so that it would not be over exposed. 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-m3-kpno-mayall-4-m/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m3-kpno-mayall-4-m
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M3, NGC 5272
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:14
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m3-kpno-mayall-4-m/
- 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
- 805, 537, 436
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 205.5191627, 28.3484922
- Reference Dimension
- 4929.0, 4928.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2852.126572, 2928.459076
- Scale
- -7.27e-05, 7.29e-05
- Rotation
- 89.97981865
- 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-m3-kpno-mayall-4-m
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m3-kpno-mayall-4-m.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:33.196333
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
