Elliptical Galaxy NGC 5363 and Spiral Galaxy NGC 5364

Noirlab_noao-ngc5364_1024

noirlab_noao-ngc5364 June 30th, 2020

Credit: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)

This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. NGC 5363 is the elliptical galaxy in the upper-left corner of the image. And NGC 5364 is the spiral galaxy in the lower right. These two galaxies are likely in the early stages of gravitational interaction. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), and I (red) filters. This image is rotated 15 degrees clockwise from North is left, East is down.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc5364/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 5363 NGC 5364
Noirlab_noao-ngc5364_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 55m 57.3s
DEC = 5° 3’ 11.0”
Orientation
North is 74.9° CCW
Field of View
27.7 x 16.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (I) 805.0 nm
Green KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (V) 537.0 nm
Blue KPNO-4m (Mosaic I) Optical (B) 436.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Noirlab_noao-ngc5364_1280
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ID
noao-ngc5364
Subject Category
Subject Name
NGC 5363, NGC 5364
Credits
T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:33:58
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc5364/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
805, 537, 436
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
208.9885752, 5.053059558
Reference Dimension
6397.0, 3776.0
Reference Pixel
4300.366882, 2421.615761
Scale
-7.22e-05, 7.22e-05
Rotation
74.86772164
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-ngc5364
Metadata Date
2024-10-02T11:52:24.325843
Metadata Version
1.1
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