NGC 6070

Noirlab_noao-n6070durkin_1024

noirlab_noao-n6070durkin April 30th, 2014

Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Mike Durkin and Lily Joe/Adam Block

This spiral galaxy is located about 100 million lightyears away in the constellation Serpens. Back in 1998, this galaxy made APOD as one of the first-light images collected by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. 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-n6070durkin/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 6070
Noirlab_noao-n6070durkin_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 9m 46.2s
DEC = 0° 39’ 56.0”
Orientation
North is 25.9° CCW
Field of View
12.4 x 8.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Serpens

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Luminosity KPNO-VC-0.5m (Other CCD) Optical (Broad Band) 555.0 nm
Blue KPNO-VC-0.5m (Other CCD) Optical (B) 438.0 nm
Green KPNO-VC-0.5m (Other CCD) Optical (G) 475.0 nm
Red KPNO-VC-0.5m (Other CCD) Optical (R) 625.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Luminosity
Blue
Green
Red
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ID
noao-n6070durkin
Subject Category
Subject Name
NGC 6070
Credits
KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Mike Durkin and Lily Joe/Adam Block
Release Date
2014-04-30T08:20:22
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n6070durkin/
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
242.442686841, 0.665550679942
Reference Dimension
1638.0, 1104.0
Reference Pixel
1461.12368774, 350.22102356
Scale
-0.000126077152865, 0.000126234684802
Rotation
25.867541706659
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
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-n6070durkin
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n6070durkin.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2021-09-15T16:04:14-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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