M85, NGC 4382
noirlab_noao-m85 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
A lenticular galaxy of type S0, M85 is the northernmost member of the Virgo Cluster, and is therefore situated in the constellation Coma Berenices. M85 is very similar to M84. This picture was made from observations taken at KPNO's 0.9-meter telescope in December 1996. The Virgo cluster also includes Messier galaxies M49, M58, M59, M60, M61, M84, M86, M87, M88, M89, M90, M91, M98, M99, and M100.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m85/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m85
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M85, NGC 4382
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:52
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m85/
- 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
- 186.3178947, 18.16304584
- Reference Dimension
- 828.0, 680.0
- Reference Pixel
- 726.8366394, 114.9217377
- Scale
- -0.000126, 0.000125
- Rotation
- -1.101036304
- 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-m85
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m85.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:35.301471
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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