Trio of Galaxies (NGC 5981, NGC 5982 and NGC 5985)
noirlab_noao-ngc5982 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. The edge-on galaxy NGC 5981 (top), the elliptical galaxy NGC 5982 (middle) and the spiral galaxy NGC 5985 (bottom) form a distinct trio. It is not clear if or when these galaxies might merge with each other. But there is already evidence that NGC 5982 has already merged with one or more smaller galaxies in the recent past. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), and I (red) filters. In this image, North is left, East is down.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc5982/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noao-ngc5982
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 5981, NGC 5982, NGC 5985
- Credits
- T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
- Release Date
- 2020-06-30T21:33:59
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-ngc5982/
- 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
- 234.7487467, 59.3003983
- Reference Dimension
- 3220.0, 4781.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2297.149597, 2137.863251
- Scale
- -7.24e-05, 7.21e-05
- Rotation
- 179.9124396
- 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-ngc5982
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-ngc5982.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2024-10-02T11:52:28.099563
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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