Excerpt of the area around NGC 4261

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noirlab_noirlab2521bp June 23rd, 2025

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

A trail of celestial objects stretches across this excerpt from a First Look image captured by NSF–DOE Vera C. Rubin Observatory. The most prominent feature is NGC 4261, the large elliptical galaxy in the top half of the image. In the bottom-left of the image is the lenticular galaxy NGC 4281. Between and around the two lies a cosmic treasure chest of galaxies and stars.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521bp/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Noirlab_noirlab2521bp_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 19m 44.1s
DEC = 5° 40’ 20.5”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
0.6 x 1.0 degrees
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Simonyi (LSSTCam) Optical (i) 755.9 nm
Green Simonyi (LSSTCam) Optical (r) 622.1 nm
Blue Simonyi (LSSTCam) Optical (g) 480.7 nm
Blue Simonyi (LSSTCam) Optical (u) 372.4 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Blue
Noirlab_noirlab2521bp_1280
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ID
noirlab2521bp
Subject Category
Subject Name
Credits
RubinObs/NOIRLab/SLAC/NSF/DOE/AURA
Release Date
2025-06-23T08:20:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2521bp/
Type
Image Quality
Distance Notes
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
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
184.93384717521488, 5.672373189957781
Reference Dimension
11202.0, 18092.0
Reference Pixel
5601.0, 9046.0
Scale
-5.549575455823534e-05, 5.549575455823534e-05
Rotation
-0.1
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
FITS Header
Notes
Additional WCS infor for Mahdi Zamani (NSF's NOIRLab/CEE) consideration. 1.8092 1.8091085271317829457364341085271 1.8091542635658914728682170542636 0.00010040038096883772 6,192
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
noirlab2521bp
Resource URL
https://storage.noirlab.edu/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2521bp.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2025-06-18T08:18:10-07:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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