NGC 1255
noirlab_noao-n1255erickson March 4th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Peter and Suzie Erickson/Adam Block
Can something 73 million light years away be useful to astronomers? In the case of NGC 1255, shown here, the answer is decidedly yes. NGC 1255 is a compact galaxy with lots of star formation taking place. The relationship between its arms and the barred nucleus hint at what processes might unfold in galactic evolution. For example, this galaxy (like many others) displays spiral arm "rows" and other linear features. Astronomers would like to learn whether these are transient features, long lived structures, or perhaps even the result of interacting (nearby) 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-n1255erickson/
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-n1255erickson
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 1255
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Peter and Suzie Erickson/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-04T12:13:02
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n1255erickson/
- 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
- 48.4348941464, -25.7294769179
- Reference Dimension
- 1408.0, 920.0
- Reference Pixel
- 363.676156998, 575.076900005
- Scale
- -0.000143168509572, 0.000143204734663
- Rotation
- -16.10474361968
- 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-n1255erickson
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n1255erickson.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T19:31:48+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
