M82 As Seen By the GBT
nrao_NRAO_Gallery030
Credit: Bill Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); HST (NASA/ESA)
This composite image of starburst galaxy M82 shows the distribution of dense molecular gas as seen by the GBT (yellow and red) and the background stars and dust as seen by Hubble (blue). The yellow areas correspond to regions of intense star formation. The red areas trace outflows of gas from the disk of the galaxy.
Provider: National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Image Source: https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/m82-as-seen-by-the-gbt/
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
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- ID
- NRAO_Gallery030
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.3
- Subject Name
- M82, NGC 3034, Cigar Galaxy
- Credits
- Bill Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); HST (NASA/ESA)
- Release Date
- Lightyears
- 11.42E+06
- Redshift
- 11.42E+06
- Reference Url
- https://public.nrao.edu/gallery/m82-as-seen-by-the-gbt/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- GBT, GBT, HST, HST, HST
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Red, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Radio, Radio, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- W, W, B, V, R
- Central Wavelength
- 3.385E+06, 3.364E+06, 431.74, 535.96, 658.40
- Start Time
- 2013-05-23T12:45:13.839121, 2013-05-23T12:46:17.807646, 2006-03-29T09:17:50-05:00, 2006-03-29T09:28:24-05:00, 2006-03-29T09:36:45-05:00
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- 2000.0
- Reference Value
- 148.95892804925, 69.68010304569
- Reference Dimension
- 2400, 2400
- Reference Pixel
- 1389.96053302586, 1178.96225919035
- Scale
- -0.00001372209, 0.00001372209
- Rotation
- 0.01922053530
- 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)
- 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
- https://public.nrao.edu/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/M82_GBT_HST.jpg
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2018-04-12T19:06:24+00:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.2
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