Portrait of a Starburst Galaxy
noirlab_noirlab2013a June 18th, 2020
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAData obtained and processed by: P. Massey (Lowell Obs.), G. Jacoby, K. Olsen, & C. Smith (NOAO/AURA/NSF)Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
KPNO captures irregular starburst galaxy IC 10 in glorious detail This striking image from NOIRLab’s Kitt Peak National Observatory (KPNO) presents a portrait of the irregular galaxy IC 10, a disorderly starburst galaxy close to the Milky Way. As well as a population of bright young stars, this irregular galaxy harbors exotic Wolf-Rayet stars and a black hole. IC 10 lies around 2 million light-years from Earth in the direction of the constellation of Cassiopeia. Though this distance seems huge, it puts IC 10 in the ever-growing Local Group of galaxies.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2013a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
-
View Options
Download Options
-
Full Size Image
(4987 x 3209)
Source TIFF (115 MB)
Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (SII) | 672.0 nm |
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (H-alpha) | 657.0 nm |
|
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (I) | 820.0 nm |
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (R) | 651.0 nm |
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (V) | 538.0 nm |
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (OIII) | 502.0 nm |
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (B) | 438.0 nm |
|
|
KPNO-4m (Mosaic II) | Optical (U) | 355.0 nm |
- ID
- noirlab2013a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- IC 10
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAData obtained and processed by: P. Massey (Lowell Obs.), G. Jacoby, K. Olsen, & C. Smith (NOAO/AURA/NSF)Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
- Release Date
- 2020-06-18T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2013a/
- 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, 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 II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II, Mosaic II
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, Cyan, Blue, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- SII, H-alpha, I, R, V, OIII, B, U
- Central Wavelength
- 672, 657, 820, 651, 538, 502, 438, 355
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 5.07435230537, 59.3008935902
- Reference Dimension
- 4987.0, 3209.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2493.5, 1604.5
- Scale
- -5.79157014539e-05, 5.79157014539e-05
- Rotation
- 0.05999999999999904
- 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
- noirlab2013a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2013a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2020-06-16T20:43:02-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
