M70, NGC 6681
noirlab_noao-m70 June 30th, 2020
Credit: REU program/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M70 is a globular cluster in the constellation Sagittarius. It has a very dense core, and this image has been quite thoroughly stretched to show both the inner crowding and the outer more sparse regions. M70 is about 65 light-years across and about 30000 light-years away. This composite was created from images taken in July 1998 at the KPNO 0.9-meter telescope, during the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program operated at the Kitt Peak National Observatory and supported by the National Science Foundation, supplemented by further images taken in October 1998. Image size 7.9 arc minutes.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m70/
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-m70
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M70, NGC 6681
- Credits
- REU program/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:53:14
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m70/
- 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
- 280.774224, -32.33566996
- Reference Dimension
- 1400.0, 1400.0
- Reference Pixel
- 976.4108734, 256.0288391
- Scale
- -9.44e-05, 9.45e-05
- Rotation
- 1.821391681
- 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-m70
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m70.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:36.649156
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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