M92, NGC 6341
noirlab_noao-m92 June 30th, 2020
Credit: Hillary Mathis, REU program/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
M92 is a globular cluster in the constellation Hercules, slightly further away and a little younger than its near neighbor M13. M92 is about 28000 light-years away, over 100 light-years across, and approximately 15 billion years old. It's even visible to the naked eye under excellent sky conditions. This approximately true-color picture was created from images taken in June 1996 using BVR colors, at the Burrell Schmidt telescope of Case Western Reserve University's Warner and Swasey Observatory located on Kitt Peak, near Tucson, Arizona, during the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program operated at the Kitt Peak National Observatory and supported by the National Science Foundation. Image size 28.8 arc minutes.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m92/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-m92
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M92, NGC 6341
- Credits
- Hillary Mathis, REU program/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:53:14
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-m92/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Burrell Schmidt Telescope, Burrell Schmidt Telescope, Burrell Schmidt Telescope
- Instrument
- None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 259.4151627, 43.18862045
- Reference Dimension
- 1700.0, 1700.0
- Reference Pixel
- 506.8301253, 1000.646679
- Scale
- -0.000282, 0.000282
- Rotation
- 2.5864347
- 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-m92
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-m92.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:35.094856
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
