NGC 4656: The Hockey Stick
noirlab_noao-n4656matthews April 3rd, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Doug Matthews/Adam Block
NGC 4656 is the "disturbed" neighbor to NGC 4631. The gravitational tug-of-war warps the disk of this galaxy. The nearness of the galaxy (perhaps 25 million light years away) allows small knotted star forming regions to be resolved. There are also quite a few background galaxies in the picture. 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-n4656matthews/
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
Color Mapping
- ID
- noao-n4656matthews
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 4656
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Doug Matthews/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-04-03T12:33:08
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n4656matthews/
- 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
- 191.01640753, 32.1109760111
- Reference Dimension
- 1856.0, 1251.0
- Reference Pixel
- 627.586479187, 748.611759186
- Scale
- -0.000111342768224, 0.000111105463598
- Rotation
- -105.94323198231
- 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-n4656matthews
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n4656matthews.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-15T16:06:43-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
