Dwarf Galaxy NGC 5474
noirlab_noao-ngc5474 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Located in the constellation Ursa Major, NGC 5474 is a dwarf galaxy and nearest companion to the large spiral galaxy M101. Strong gravitational interactions with M101 have distorted the shape of NGC 5474, triggering star formation and offsetting the nucleus of the galaxy from the disk. This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic Camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. In the image North is up and East is to the left. Imaged May 30, 2008 and February 2, 2010.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc5474/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ngc5474
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 5474
- Credits
- T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:59
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc5474/
- 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, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ha, I, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 657, 820, 538, 438
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 211.3241259, 53.69839789
- Reference Dimension
- 2048.0, 2048.0
- Reference Pixel
- 461.272541, 1648.304901
- Scale
- -7.19e-05, 7.24e-05
- Rotation
- -0.2101960305
- 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-ngc5474
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ngc5474.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:27.825288
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
