Wide-field View of Starburst Galaxy

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noirlab_noirlab2416b June 25th, 2024

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey

A wide-field view of NGC 4449, the Starburst Galaxy.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2416b/

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
NGC 4449
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 28m 15.4s
DEC = 44° 6’ 50.2”
Orientation
North is 1.9° CCW
Field of View
6.5 x 3.1 degrees
Constellation
Canes Venatici

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
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ID
noirlab2416b
Subject Category
Subject Name
NGC 4449
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2024-06-25T10:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2416b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
825, 649, 479
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
187.064022943, 44.1139336371
Reference Dimension
22992.0, 11000.0
Reference Pixel
11496.5, 5499.5
Scale
-0.00028341266962328, 0.000283195928597733
Rotation
1.8906232948833
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
noirlab2416b
Metadata Date
2024-06-21T14:58:18+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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