M66, NGC 3627
noirlab_noao-m66 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M66 is a spiral galaxy of type Sb in the constellation Leo. At a distance of about 35 million light-years, M66 apparently forms a triplet with its neighbors M65 and NGC3628, as seen in this lower resolution but wider field image. This image was taken with the WIYN 0.9-meter telescope at the Kitt Peak National Observatory on the nights of December 19th and 20th 2002 UT. Image size 9.1x11.3 arc minutes.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m66/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m66
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M66, NGC 3627
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:51
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m66/
- 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
- 170.0278028, 12.99689157
- Reference Dimension
- 1600.0, 2000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1221.958923, 1204.608072
- Scale
- -8.27e-05, 8.27e-05
- Rotation
- -0.3850829784
- 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-m66
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m66.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:28.854133
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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