M63 (Sunflower Galaxy)
noirlab_noao-m63hugo February 20th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Bruce Hugo and Leslie Gaul/Adam Block
M63, commonly known as the Sunflower Galaxy, belongs to the same group of galaxies as M51. It is located about 35 million light-years away from us. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m63hugo/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m63hugo
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M63
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Bruce Hugo and Leslie Gaul/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-02-20T14:31:31
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m63hugo/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 198.926337889, 42.0828492029
- Reference Dimension
- 1444.0, 2164.0
- Reference Pixel
- 793.828201294, 1652.78511047
- Scale
- -9.44254098074e-05, 9.44941096943e-05
- Rotation
- 16.357949300635
- 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-m63hugo
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m63hugo.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:27:06+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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