ALMA and VLA Images of AT2018cow
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Credit: Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; R. Margutti, W.M. Keck Observatory; Ho, et al.
ALMA and VLA images of the mysterious new type of cosmic blast, AT2018cow at left. Visible-light image of outburst in its host galaxy at right. Images not to same scale. Images of the blast itself do not indicate its size, but are the result of its brightness and the characteristics of the telescopes.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/alma-and-vla-images-of-at2018cow/
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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- ID
- NRAO_Gallery_nrao18cb25_fits-1_small
- Subject Category
- C.6.2.2
- Subject Name
- AT2018cow
- Credits
- Sophia Dagnello, NRAO/AUI/NSF; R. Margutti, W.M. Keck Observatory; Ho, et al.
- Release Date
- Lightyears
- 2E+08
- Redshift
- 2E+08
- Reference Url
- https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/alma-and-vla-images-of-at2018cow/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- ALMA, VLA
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Red, Blue
- Band
- Millimeter, Radio
- Bandpass
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- URL
- https://public.nrao.edu
- Name
- NRAO/AUI/NSF
- 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
- Resource ID
- Resource URL
- /image/nrao/NRAO_Gallery_nrao18cb25_fits-1_small
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2019-01-14T10:24:37-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
