Deepest, widest view of the Small Magellanic Cloud from SMASH

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noirlab_noirlab2030b December 1st, 2020

Credit: CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/SMASH/D. Nidever (Montana State University) Acknowledgment: Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin

Part of the SMASH dataset showing what is arguably the best wide-angle view of the Small Magellanic Cloud to date. The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are the largest satellite galaxies of the Milky Way and, unlike the rest of the satellite galaxies, are still actively forming stars — and at a rapid pace.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2030b/

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
Small Magellanic Cloud
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 54m 38.8s
DEC = -72° 52’ 7.7”
Orientation
North is 30.1° CCW
Field of View
5.3 x 4.4 degrees
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Blanco-4m (DECam) Infrared (z) 927.0 nm
Orange Blanco-4m (DECam) Optical (i) 785.0 nm
Cyan Blanco-4m (DECam) Optical (r) 645.0 nm
Blue Blanco-4m (DECam) Optical (g) 475.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
Blue
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ID
noirlab2030b
Subject Category
Subject Name
Small Magellanic Cloud
Credits
CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/SMASH/D. Nidever (Montana State University) Acknowledgment: Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
Release Date
2020-12-01T08:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2030b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
DECam, DECam, DECam, DECam
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
z, i, r, g
Central Wavelength
927, 785, 645, 475
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
13.6618118598, -72.8687942632
Reference Dimension
3827.0, 3190.0
Reference Pixel
1913.5, 1595.0
Scale
-0.00138788065837, 0.00138788065837
Rotation
30.120000000000019
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
noirlab2030b
Metadata Date
2020-09-21T19:06:42+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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