NGC 2207
noirlab_noao-n2207terrell March 12th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Thalia and Norman Terrell/Adam Block
Quite a bit of commotion is happening 114 million light years away with these two galaxies! The smaller of the two galaxies is approximately the same size as our own Milky Way galaxy. These galaxies are passing very near to one another so that their mutual gravitation influence distorts the shape of the other. Look closely to see a brown arc to the right of the nucleus of the smaller galaxy. This is the spiral arm of the larger galaxy (NGC 2207) which is in the foreground. This galactic dance is beginning to trigger massive regions of star formations (barely discernable here as pink dots along the spiral arms). 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-n2207terrell/
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-n2207terrell
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 2207
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Thalia and Norman Terrell/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-12T14:37:11
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2207terrell/
- 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
- 94.1497821423, -21.4244701888
- Reference Dimension
- 1530.0, 1020.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1179.16638184, 877.427295685
- Scale
- -0.000121377328403, 0.000121462611457
- Rotation
- 170.65079292331
- 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-n2207terrell
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n2207terrell.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:33:57+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
