M80, NGC 6093

Noirlab_noao-m80_1024

noirlab_noao-m80 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

M80, a globular cluster in the constellation Scorpius, is quite distant at over 27000 light-years, and also one of the densest globulars. It contains several hundred thousand stars within a diameter of around seventy light-years. This picture was created from observations with the T2KA CCD camera at the Kitt Peak National Observatory's 0.9-meter telescope in March of 1995.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m80/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M80 • NGC 6093
Noirlab_noao-m80_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 16m 46.6s
DEC = -23° 2’ 36.3”
Orientation
North is 1.1° CCW
Field of View
11.6 x 11.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Scorpius
Noirlab_noao-m80_1280
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ID
noao-m80
Subject Category
Subject Name
M80, NGC 6093
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:53:14
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m80/
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
244.1942019, -23.04342601
Reference Dimension
1024.0, 1024.0
Reference Pixel
844.7066803, 165.4513855
Scale
-0.000189, 0.000189
Rotation
1.09098264
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
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-m80
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m80.tif
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Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:36.476201
Metadata Version
1.1
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