Spiral Galaxies NGC 5905 & NGC 5908
noirlab_noao-ngc5905 June 30th, 2020
Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
This image was taken with the KPNO Mayall 4-meter telescope on April 10, 2007. Located in the constellation of Draco, NGC 5905 and NGC 5908 are two spiral galaxies that are relatively near to each other. NGC 5905, in the upper-right corner, is seen face-on; whereas NGC 5908, in the lower left is seen edge-on. NGC 5908 looks remarkably similar to M104, the Sombrero Galaxy. The many bright, reddish stars in the image are stars within our own galaxy. These galaxies were observed with B (blue), V (green) and I (red) filters. North is up, East is to the left.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc5905/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ngc5905
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 5905, NGC 5908
- 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-ngc5905/
- 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
- 820, 538, 438
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 228.9182186, 55.44927632
- Reference Dimension
- 4706.0, 3337.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2986.926605, 1466.759186
- Scale
- -7.21e-05, 7.24e-05
- Rotation
- 179.998423
- 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-ngc5905
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ngc5905.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:27.598335
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
