M84, NGC 4374
noirlab_noao-m84 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M84 is an elliptical galaxy of type E1 and a member of the large Virgo Cluster of galaxies. There are also some suggestions that it is actually a face-on lenticular galaxy. Lenticulars, type S0, are mostly smooth and featureless, like elliptical galaxies, but have a significant amount of dust and often some disk-like component, similar to the disk of a spiral galaxy without the arms. M84 contains a small central active region, with two oppositely directed jets visible at radio wavelengths. This image was taken at the KPNO 0.9-meter telescope in December 1996. The Virgo cluster also includes Messier galaxies M49, M58, M59, M60, M61, M85, M86, M87, M88, M89, M90, M91, M98, M99, and M100.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m84/
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-m84
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M84, NGC 4374
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:52
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- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m84/
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- Observation
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- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
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- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 186.2616788, 12.88872607
- Reference Dimension
- 828.0, 680.0
- Reference Pixel
- 459.222332, 388.3484955
- Scale
- -0.000125, 0.000125
- Rotation
- -0.7595214278
- 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-m84
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m84.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:35.317052
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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