NGC 6962
noirlab_noao-n6962block April 30th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
Based on an estimated distance of 180 million light years away, NGC 6962 is an intrinsically large galaxy. Many other galaxies punctuate the field of the group; but NGC 6962 is by far the most prominent. In 2002 a supernova explosion took place in one the outer arms of this galaxy. The event added some excitement to the otherwise relatively dim and smooth arms shown here. 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-n6962block/
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
- ID
- noao-n6962block
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 6962
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-04-30T06:18:26
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n6962block/
- 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
- 311.777134129, 0.373540553514
- Reference Dimension
- 1638.0, 1104.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1386.65023804, 611.520580292
- Scale
- -0.000126036532618, 0.000126016540407
- Rotation
- -45.87042561761
- 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-n6962block
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n6962block.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-15T15:52:21-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
