NGC 6027
noirlab_noao-n6027matthews April 24th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ Doug Matthews/Adam Block
This group of six galaxies has a controversial background that is similar to another famous group - Stephan's Quintet. In this example, five of the six galaxies show recessional velocities (redshifts) that are approximately equivalent. However the small spiral galaxy has a retreating velocity more than 4 times higher than the others. If these galaxies are truly bound gravitationally (at the same distance), it would be difficult to marry the conflict in velocity with distance. Please visit the NOAO gallery's description of NGC 6027 for a good explanation and labeled picture.This image is deep enough to adequately show the tidal tails of the interacting galaxies. Note that galaxies seen through this material are significantly reddened. 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-n6027matthews/
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-n6027matthews
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 6027
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/ Doug Matthews/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-04-24T08:24:30
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n6027matthews/
- 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
- 239.802388804, 20.7422870043
- Reference Dimension
- 2034.0, 1272.0
- Reference Pixel
- 791.954025269, 537.084091187
- Scale
- -9.45068916584e-05, 9.44173775161e-05
- Rotation
- -13.622637212608
- 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-n6027matthews
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n6027matthews.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-08-30T16:45:07+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
