NGC 4559
noirlab_noao-n4559hapeman April 2nd, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Jeff Hapeman/Adam Block
This spiral galaxy is located in the direction of Coma Berenices. A type II supernova went off in this galaxy some time ago (SN 1941a). Several papers estimate its apparent magnitude was 13 and absolute magnitude to be around 15.7. From this astronomers would estimate this galaxy to be between 20-30 million light years away. Like many nearby spiral galaxies, NGC 4559 displays bright star-forming regions and dust lanes in its expansive arms. There are also a number of background galaxies and galaxy groups in this image. (Note: by using redshift measurements- the galaxy is 35 million light years distant which is not in terrible disagreement with the SN data.) 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-n4559hapeman/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-n4559hapeman
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 4559
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Jeff Hapeman/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-04-02T12:38:35
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n4559hapeman/
- 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
- 189.05950919, 27.958203394
- Reference Dimension
- 1948.0, 1296.0
- Reference Pixel
- 328.233681679, 589.155548096
- Scale
- -0.000105087005919, 0.000105272572881
- Rotation
- 0.66792527265164
- 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-n4559hapeman
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n4559hapeman.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-15T16:06:49-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
