NGC 3227
noirlab_noao-n3227leach March 13th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Sid Leach and Wil Milan/Adam Block
NGC 3227 is currently colliding with the small elliptical galaxy to the lower-right. The interacting pair are located about 80 million miles away in the constellation Leo. 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-n3227leach/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-n3227leach
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 3227
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Sid Leach and Wil Milan/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-13T14:08:20
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n3227leach/
- 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
- 155.894866159, 19.881315839
- Reference Dimension
- 1444.0, 2145.0
- Reference Pixel
- 740.947822571, 1352.55992889
- Scale
- -9.45959021112e-05, 9.47265531961e-05
- Rotation
- -97.673794610022
- 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-n3227leach
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n3227leach.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:36:19+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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