NGC 3953
noirlab_noao-n3953haynes March 28th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Tom and Gail Haynes/Adam Block
Like its more well-known neighbor M109, this galaxy is a surprising copy-cat barred spiral galaxy. Slightly more inclined and with tightly wound arms, NGC 3953 is a seemingly more spirited galaxy 46 million light years away. In 2001 astronomers discovered a supernova in this galaxy. Also note the bright background galaxies near the right of the image and the bottom left. 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-n3953haynes/
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
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- ID
- noao-n3953haynes
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 3953
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Tom and Gail Haynes/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-28T13:41:02
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n3953haynes/
- 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
- 178.359627491, 52.3777418172
- Reference Dimension
- 1472.0, 2175.0
- Reference Pixel
- 361.45116806, 1798.74620819
- Scale
- -9.43387753585e-05, 9.44882111294e-05
- Rotation
- 75.424689578157
- 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-n3953haynes
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n3953haynes.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T20:19:10+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
