Portion of Virgo Cluster (with asteroids)

noirlab_noirlab2521al June 23rd, 2025

Credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA

A close-up on two galactic members of the Virgo Cluster as imaged by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. During its observations Rubin captured a plethora of asteroids zipping across this portion of the night sky, indicated by the tri-colored streaks scattered throughout this image. View a version of this image with the asteroids removed here.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521al/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 22m 2.3s; DEC = 4° 30’ 1.2”
Orientation: North is 0.5° CCW
Field of View: 17.4 x 13.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Simonyi (LSSTCam)	Optical (i)	755.9 nm
Simonyi (LSSTCam)	Optical (r)	622.1 nm
Simonyi (LSSTCam)	Optical (g)	480.7 nm
Simonyi (LSSTCam)	Optical (u)	372.4 nm

ID: noirlab2521al
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Credits: RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA

Release Date: 2025-06-23T08:20:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521al/

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Facility: Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope, Simonyi Survey Telescope
Instrument: LSSTCam, LSSTCam, LSSTCam, LSSTCam
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: i, r, g, u
Central Wavelength: 755.9, 622.1, 480.7, 372.4

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Dataset ID: None, None, None, None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 185.50949740647053, 4.50034254414535
Reference Dimension: 2380.0, 1810.0

Reference Pixel: 1190.0, 905.0
Scale: -0.00012184185806636448, 0.00012184185806636448
Rotation: 0.4599999999999933
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
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Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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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: noirlab2521al

Resource URL: https://storage.noirlab.edu/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2521al.tif
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Metadata Date: 2025-06-14T15:05:25-07:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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