NGC 488
noirlab_noao-n488kriz February 25th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Tony Kriz/Adam Block
At an estimated distance of 90 million light years away NGC 488 is an intriguing galaxy despite its distance from us. This galaxy displays subtle and tightly wound blue spiral arms with a yellowish core. Astronomers that have recently observed this galaxy note that the stars in the disk are orbiting the galaxy at a break-neck speed of 360km/s. If this number seems large to you- bear in mind you are orbiting the center of the Milky Way at 220 km/s. By studying the velocity distribution of stars in a galaxy like this astronomers attempt to answer fundamental questions concerning the structure of spiral galaxies. For example, observations of this galaxy confirm that it is the process of star formation (molecular clouds) and not the kinematic motions of stars that determine the spiral appearance of spiral galaxies. Other galaxies similar to NGC 488 include NGC 2841 and NGC 7217. 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-n488kriz/
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
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (Broad Band) | 555.0 nm |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (B) | 438.0 nm |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (G) | 475.0 nm |
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Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope (Other CCD) | Optical (R) | 625.0 nm |
- ID
- noao-n488kriz
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 4889
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Tony Kriz/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-02-25T12:29:31
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n488kriz/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.4-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
- 20.4055063182, 5.24974721257
- Reference Dimension
- 1200.0, 809.0
- Reference Pixel
- 552.175231934, 224.481063843
- Scale
- -0.00019854182036, 0.000198342090092
- Rotation
- -86.898549232907
- 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-n488kriz
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n488kriz.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-15T16:08:40-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
