Galaxy Merger VII Zw 96
spitzer_ssc2019-03b February 27th, 2019
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
This image shows the merger of two galaxies, known as NGC 6786 (right) and UGC 11415 (left), also collectively called VII Zw 96. It is composed of images from three Spitzer Infrared Array Camera (IRAC) channels: IRAC channel 1 in blue, IRAC channel 2 in green and IRAC channel 3 in red.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6570-ssc2019-03b-Galaxy-Merger-VII-Zw-96
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
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- ID
- ssc2019-03b
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1 C.5.1.7
- Subject Name
- NGC 6786, UGC 11415, VV 414
- Credits
- NASA/JPL-Caltech
- Release Date
- 2019-02-27
- Lightyears
- 360,000,000
- Redshift
- 0.02502
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/6570-ssc2019-03b-Galaxy-Merger-VII-Zw-96
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Spitzer, Spitzer, Spitzer
- Instrument
- IRAC, IRAC, IRAC
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Near-IR, Near-IR, Mid-IR
- Central Wavelength
- 3600, 4500, 8000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- 287.74340000000, 73.41660000000
- Reference Dimension
- 1200.00, 1200.00
- Reference Pixel
- 637.64716666039, 580.07433327928
- Scale
- -0.00006191550, 0.00006191550
- Rotation
- 37.75055889746
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- ssc2019-03b.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0011/5184/ssc2019-03b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2019-02-27
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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