M61, NGC 4303
noirlab_noao-m61 June 30th, 2020
Credit: Hillary Mathis, N.A.Sharp/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
The SABbc spiral galaxy M61 is one of the larger galaxies in the Virgo cluster, with a core dimension some 100000 light-years (6 arc minutes) across, comparable to the size of our own Galaxy. This picture was taken in February 1996 at the KPNO 0.9-meter telescope. The Virgo cluster also includes Messier galaxies M49, M58, M59, M60, M84, M85, M86, M87, M88, M89, M90, M91, M98, M99, and M100. Image size 15.9 arc minutes.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m61/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
- ID
- noao-m61
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M61, NGC 4303
- Credits
- Hillary Mathis, N.A.Sharp/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:50
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m61/
- 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
- 185.4924642, 4.489163754
- Reference Dimension
- 1400.0, 1400.0
- Reference Pixel
- 577.4235115, 848.290308
- Scale
- -0.000106, 0.000107
- Rotation
- 0.9309156957
- 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-m61
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m61.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:33.988963
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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