M36, NGC 1960

Noirlab_noao-m36_1024

noirlab_noao-m36 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

M36 is one of three bright open star clusters in the southern part of the constellation Auriga, along with M37 and M38. All three lie at similar distances of about 4000 light-years, but M36 is significantly younger and contains no evolved red giant stars. The present picture is a color composite of CCD images from the 0.9-meter telescope of the Kitt Peak National Observatory, near Tucson, Arizona, taken in January 1997. Image size 20.4 arc minutes.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m36/

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

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M36 • NGC 1960
Noirlab_noao-m36_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 36m 11.6s
DEC = 34° 3’ 56.1”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
20.4 x 20.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Auriga
Noirlab_noao-m36_1280
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ID
noao-m36
Subject Category
Subject Name
M36, NGC 1960
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:34:17
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m36/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.04838953, 34.06557406
Reference Dimension
1800.0, 1800.0
Reference Pixel
1015.524788, 487.6053772
Scale
-0.000189, 0.000189
Rotation
-0.02670956777
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
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-m36
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m36.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:27.781836
Metadata Version
1.1
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