M55, NGC 6809

Noirlab_noao-m55_1024

noirlab_noao-m55 June 30th, 2020

Credit: Hillary Mathis, REU Program/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

M55 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. Quite large on the sky (about two thirds of the Moon's diameter), but with a very loose, almost non-globular, appearance, M55 is about 18000 light-years away and about 100 light-years across. This composite was created from images taken in June 1996 at the Burrell Schmidt telescope of Case Western Reserve University's Warner and Swasey Observatory, during the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program operated at the Kitt Peak National Observatory and supported by the National Science Foundation.

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Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m55/

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M55 • NGC 6809
Noirlab_noao-m55_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 39m 26.1s
DEC = -30° 54’ 30.5”
Orientation
North is 2.5° CCW
Field of View
32.1 x 32.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius
Noirlab_noao-m55_1280
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ID
noao-m55
Subject Category
Subject Name
M55, NGC 6809
Credits
Hillary Mathis, REU Program/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:53:14
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m55/
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
294.8588981, -30.90846652
Reference Dimension
1900.0, 1900.0
Reference Pixel
1360.139458, 1158.412231
Scale
-0.000282, 0.000282
Rotation
2.51717952
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-m55
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m55.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:35.643426
Metadata Version
1.1
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