N11 in the Large Magellanic Cloud

noirlab_noao-n11lmc July 16th, 2004

Credit: C. Aguilera, C. Smith and S. Points/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/

An image of N11 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, taken with the Curtis Schmidt telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO) as part of the Magellanic Clouds Emission-Line Survey (MCELS). This color image was produced using three separate exposures taken in hydrogen, sulfur and oxygen bandpasses. It was used to support the July 2004 release by the Hubble Heritage project.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n11lmc/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: N11

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 55m 21.6s; DEC = -66° 39’ 2.0”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CW
Field of View: 33.0 x 32.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Dorado

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Curtis-Schmidt (None)	(Olll)	-
Curtis-Schmidt (None)	(Sll)	-
Curtis-Schmidt (None)	(Ha)	-

ID: noao-n11lmc
Subject Category
Subject Name: N11
Credits: C. Aguilera, C. Smith and S. Points/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/

Release Date: 2004-07-16T19:12:19
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Redshift
Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n11lmc/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Curtis Schmidt Telescope, Curtis Schmidt Telescope, Curtis Schmidt Telescope
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Green, Orange, Red

Band
Bandpass: Olll, Sll, Ha
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 73.8397984, -66.6505628
Reference Dimension: 989.0, 966.0

Reference Pixel: 727.9152222, 129.4613037
Scale: -0.000556, 0.000556
Rotation: -0.2777820793
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email

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-n11lmc

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n11lmc.tif
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Metadata Date: 2004-06-29T10:58:27-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.