NGC 5775
noirlab_noao-n5775matthews April 10th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Doug Matthews/Adam Block
This pair of galaxies is one of the most distinctive pairs of spiral galaxies in the Virgo cluster. NGC 5775 shows us its thin figure, while NGC 5774 displays its spiral arms face-on. These two galaxies are interacting. Close inspection reveals a very dim luminous chain which connects these galaxies. Images from large telescopes have detected star formation occurring between the galaxies. NGC 5775 is also of interest to astronomers that study galactic structures (filaments and gas plumes) that extend perpendicular to the disk. NGC 891 is a similar galaxy that has been investigated in much the same way. NGC 5775 and NGC 5774 are located approximately 73 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-n5775matthews/
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-n5775matthews
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 5775
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Doug Matthews/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-04-10T09:29:23
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n5775matthews/
- 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
- 223.454183335, 3.4809996298
- Reference Dimension
- 1733.0, 1171.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1487.121521, 467.665218353
- Scale
- -0.00011870920232, 0.000118105129989
- Rotation
- 79.131289447215
- 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-n5775matthews
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n5775matthews.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:43:50+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
