M90
noirlab_noao-m90koblas February 24th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Paul and Daniel Koblas/Adam Block
M90 is one of the few large spiral galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. This galaxy seems similar to M64 in that the outer arms are very smooth and devoid of star formation. In fact, there are few bright pink HII regions which might indicate any star birth in this galaxy. At a distance of 60 million light years away it is not alone and apparently disturbing its neighbor IC 3583. Astronomers have measured the velocity of this galaxy and have found that it is actually moving towards us! M90 has enough velocity to escape from the gravitational bonds of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m90koblas/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
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- ID
- noao-m90koblas
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M90
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Paul and Daniel Koblas/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-02-24T13:40:45
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m90koblas/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 189.220726423, 13.1461532625
- Reference Dimension
- 972.0, 1441.0
- Reference Pixel
- 372.687229156, 785.39289093
- Scale
- -0.000143403136979, 0.00014342277988
- Rotation
- -82.240201924905
- 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-m90koblas
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m90koblas.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:29:17+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
