NGC 1232
noirlab_noao-n1232beswetherick March 4th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/John Beswetherick/Adam Block
NGC 1232 is a "Grand Design" spiral galaxy not unlike M101. However, in this case the spiral arms are curiously bent and not gently curved as is more typically the case. This is most likely due to gravitation interactions with its neighbor (on the top in this image). It is almost as if the structure of the central bar of the galaxy has somehow been morphed into the structure of the arms (wild speculation!). NGC 1232 is approximately 70 million light years away. 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-n1232beswetherick/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (Broad Band) | 555.0 nm |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (B) | 438.0 nm |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (G) | 475.0 nm |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (R) | 625.0 nm |
- ID
- noao-n1232beswetherick
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1232
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/John Beswetherick/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-04T12:17:51
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n1232beswetherick/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-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
- 47.3647667528, -20.534808993
- Reference Dimension
- 1441.0, 972.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1094.72555542, 141.850219727
- Scale
- -0.000166014588729, 0.000165961247951
- Rotation
- -74.648063657154
- 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-n1232beswetherick
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n1232beswetherick.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:41:45-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
