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PHANGS-ALMA Survey Sample Galaxies

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nrao_NRAO_Gallery_nrao18cb12c January 4th, 2019

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton

Six ALMA-imaged galaxies out of a collection of the 74. The images were taken as part of the PHANGS-ALMA survey to study the properties of star-forming clouds in disk galaxies.

Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/news/2019-alma-phangs/

Curator: NRAO/AUI/NSF, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

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Image Details

Image Type: Collage
Object Name: NGC 4254 • NGC 628 • NGC 4303 • NGC 4321 • NGC 1672 • NGC 3627
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Type > Spiral; Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	ALMA	Millimeter (CO)	-
	ALMA	Millimeter (CO)	-
	ALMA	Millimeter (CO)	-
	ALMA	Millimeter (CO)	-
	ALMA	Millimeter (CO)	-
	ALMA	Millimeter (CO)	-

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ID: NRAO_Gallery_nrao18cb12c
Subject Category: C.5.1.1 C.5.1.1 C.5.1.1 C.5.1.1 C.5.1.1 C.5.1.1
Subject Name: NGC 4254, NGC 628, NGC 4303, NGC 4321, NGC 1672, NGC 3627
Credits: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); NRAO/AUI/NSF, B. Saxton

Release Date: 2019-01-04
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Reference Url: https://public.nrao.edu/news/2019-alma-phangs/

Type: Collage
Image Quality: Good
Distance Notes

Facility: ALMA, ALMA, ALMA, ALMA, ALMA, ALMA
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Color Assignment: Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange, Orange

Band: Millimeter, Millimeter, Millimeter, Millimeter, Millimeter, Millimeter
Bandpass: CO, CO, CO, CO, CO, CO
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Creator (Curator): NRAO/AUI/NSF
URL: https://public.nrao.edu
Name: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Email: outreach@nrao.edu

Telephone
Address: 520 Edgemont Road
City: Charlottesville
State/Province: Virginia

Postal Code: 22903
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

Publisher: NRAO/AUI/NSF
Publisher ID: nrao
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Resource URL: https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/nrao18cb12c.jpg
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Metadata Date: 2019-01-10T10:26:45-05:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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