NGC 5248
noirlab_noao-n5248niksch April 9th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ Dale Niksch/Adam Block
NGC 5248 is a spiral galaxy that is part of the Virgo Cluster; however on a star chart the galaxy is found to be within constellation boundaries of Bootes. Short exposures of this galaxy show the bright structures of the central regions. Many dust lanes, HII (red) regions, and blue stellar associations populate this busy area. Deeper exposures such as the above image begin to show the two tenuous and dim outer arms of the galaxy. This galaxy seems to be a mix between M81 with two distinct arms and M100 with detailed nucleus. NGC 5248 is estimated to be 50 million light years away. 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-n5248niksch/
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-n5248niksch
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 5248
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ Dale Niksch/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-04-09T11:58:39
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n5248niksch/
- 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
- 204.352476278, 8.8011674236
- Reference Dimension
- 1178.0, 1747.0
- Reference Pixel
- 407.110229492, 94.49627686
- Scale
- -0.000118211890588, 0.000118422471126
- Rotation
- -33.173067905892
- 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-n5248niksch
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n5248niksch.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:42:30+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
