NGC 2541
noirlab_noao-n2541matthews March 12th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Doug Matthews and Charles Betts/Adam Block
At a distance of 24 million light years away, NGC 2541 is close enough to see the many HII regions that glow in the dim disk of this loose spiral. This particular galaxy is not alone in the sky towards the constellation of Lynx. Like our own Local Group of galaxies, NGC 2541 is part of a group which includes NGC 2500, NGC 2537, and NGC 2552. The similarity in distances between these galaxies and those of the Local Group says much about the non-uniqueness of our corner of the Universe. 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-n2541matthews/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-n2541matthews
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 2541
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Doug Matthews and Charles Betts/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-12T14:12:49
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2541matthews/
- 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
- 123.631549048, 49.0592579463
- Reference Dimension
- 972.0, 1431.0
- Reference Pixel
- 520.495948792, 559.290359497
- Scale
- -0.000142333739691, 0.000142458149321
- Rotation
- -74.134028329217
- 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-n2541matthews
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n2541matthews.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:45:30-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
