M66
noirlab_noao-m66hapeman September 2nd, 2021
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Jeff Hapeman/Adam Block
M66 is a distorted spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo. It is being tugged on by its nearby neighbors M65 and NGC 3628. In fact, the arms of this galaxy appear to rise above the main disk. The many bright blue and pink regions indicate the active star forming regions. M66 is estimated to be 35 million light years away. To see another Trio of galaxies in a single field of view (since they are farther away) visit NGC 3190. 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-m66hapeman/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m66hapeman
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M66
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Jeff Hapeman/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2021-09-02T14:10:55
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m66hapeman/
- 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
- 170.091122971, 13.0032780711
- Reference Dimension
- 2184.0, 1472.0
- Reference Pixel
- 927.355369568, 490.167610168
- Scale
- -9.45660915994e-05, 9.42626717444e-05
- Rotation
- 67.223263091813
- 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-m66hapeman
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m66hapeman.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:39:55-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
