M38, NGC 1912

Noirlab_noao-m38_1024

noirlab_noao-m38 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

M38 is an open cluster in the constellation Auriga. Of intermediate age (about 200 million years) and somewhat over 4000 light-years away, M38 lies close to M36 and M37 on the sky and was discovered by several people before Messier added it to his list. More fanciful eyes consider that its brightest stars form a pattern resembling an oblique cross, or the Greek letter pi. This approximately true-color picture was created from twelve images taken in January 1997 using BVR colors, at the Burrell Schmidt telescope of Case Western Reserve University's Warner and Swasey Observatory located on Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona. Image size 47.4 arc minutes.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m38/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M38 • NGC 1912
Noirlab_noao-m38_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 28m 53.8s
DEC = 35° 59’ 38.3”
Orientation
North is 2.3° CCW
Field of View
47.3 x 47.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Auriga

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Burrell (None) Optical (R) -
Burrell (None) Optical (V) -
Burrell (None) Optical (B) -
Noirlab_noao-m38_1280
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ID
noao-m38
Subject Category
Subject Name
M38, NGC 1912
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:34:17
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m38/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Burrell Schmidt Telescope, Burrell Schmidt Telescope, Burrell Schmidt Telescope
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
82.22436998, 35.99396421
Reference Dimension
1400.0, 1400.0
Reference Pixel
627.5744743, 918.2806015
Scale
-0.000563, 0.000563
Rotation
2.304355873
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-m38
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m38.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:35.553861
Metadata Version
1.1
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