M9, NGC 6333
noirlab_noao-m9 June 30th, 2020
Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M9, or NGC6333, a globular cluster in the constellation Ophiuchus. This globular appears quite small on the sky, as it is one of the ones nearer to the galactic center, but it shows a strong central concentration. About 26000 light-years from us, and about 70 light-years across, M9 looks quite oval due to strong absorption by dust in the north-west (upper right). Only a dozen or so variable stars are known in M9, relatively few for a cluster of its size. KPNO 0.9-meter CCD image, April 1995.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m9/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m9
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M9, NGC 6333
- Credits
- NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:34:15
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m9/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- None
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 259.800991035, -18.5184573536
- Reference Dimension
- 500.0, 500.0
- Reference Pixel
- 250.0, 250.0
- Scale
- -0.000215368759786, 0.000215368759786
- Rotation
- 179.84362953820707
- 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-m9
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m9.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:36.726714
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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