NGC 2158
noirlab_noao-n2158jacobstein June 25th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Neil Jacobstein/Adam Block
This is quite an old open cluster, aged at about one billion years. It is located about 11,000 lightyears away in the constellation Gemini, very near M35. 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-n2158jacobstein/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-n2158jacobstein
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 2158
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Neil Jacobstein/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-06-25T14:51:20
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2158jacobstein/
- 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
- 91.9476343617, 24.1473701754
- Reference Dimension
- 1966.0, 1325.0
- Reference Pixel
- 535.523422241, 1075.14920235
- Scale
- -0.00015106722727, 0.000151182672275
- Rotation
- -8.063992193882
- 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-n2158jacobstein
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n2158jacobstein.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:33:29+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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