NGC 3319
noirlab_noao-n3319block March 27th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
At a distance of 32 million light years, NGC 3319 is a relatively nearby galaxy. Much of the activity in this galaxy is resigned to the central bar- the rest of the galaxy is seemingly quiet (and *very* dim). A few star forming regions punctuate the ends of the bar and the bends in the spiral arms. Astronomers have wondered why this particular barred-spiral seems to lack much gas (and thereby much star formation). The distribution of hydrogen gas in this galaxy is also significantly asymmetric. The reason for this is unknown as normally interaction with another galaxy would cause this effect; but there are no perturbers in the vicinity. 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-n3319block/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-n3319block
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 3319
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-27T14:06:46
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n3319block/
- 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
- 159.825783431, 41.7035180914
- Reference Dimension
- 1441.0, 972.0
- Reference Pixel
- 575.462680817, 591.683227539
- Scale
- -0.000143327036462, 0.000143067844424
- Rotation
- 0.89084491832659
- 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-n3319block
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n3319block.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-15T16:07:47-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
