Wide View of Spiral Galaxy Messier 106
noirlab_noirlab2112b March 16th, 2021
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: PI: M.T. Patterson (New Mexico State University)Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), M. Zamani & D. de Martin
This image of the spiral galaxy Messier 106, or NGC 4258, was taken with the Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. A popular target for amateur astronomers, Messier 106 can also be spotted with a small telescope in the constellation Canes Venatici. This view captures the entire galaxy, detailing the glowing spiral arms, wisps of gas, and dust lanes at the center of Messier 106 as well as the leisurely twisting bands of stars at the galaxy’s outer edges. Two dwarf galaxies also appear in the image: NGC 4248 is to the lower right of Messier 106, and UGC 7358 is the left of Messier 106. Explore the details of these galaxies and even more background galaxies by diving into the zoomable version of this image.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2112b/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- noirlab2112b
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- M106, NGC 4258
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURAAcknowledgment: PI: M.T. Patterson (New Mexico State University)Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), M. Zamani & D. de Martin
- Release Date
- 2021-03-16T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2112b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I, Mosaic I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Cyan, Purple
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, B, U
- Central Wavelength
- 657, 651, 438, 355
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 184.733260323, 47.3049930153
- Reference Dimension
- 7426.0, 7127.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3713.0, 3563.5
- Scale
- -7.26417606195e-05, 7.26417606195e-05
- Rotation
- -90.020000000000039
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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
- noirlab2112b
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2112b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-03-02T11:36:50+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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