Visible-Light View of the Antennae Galaxies
spitzer_ssc2004-14a3 September 7th, 2004
Credit: M. Rushing/NOAO
This visible-light view of The Antennae Galaxies, a pair of interacting galaxies in the constellation Corvus, shows the dust clouds surrounding the two galactic nuclei along with several newly formed, massive stars.
Provider: Spitzer Space Telescope
Image Source: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1272-ssc2004-14a3-Visible-Light-View-of-the-Antennae-Galaxies
Curator: Spitzer Space Telescope, Pasadena, CA, USA
Image Use Policy: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
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- ID
- ssc2004-14a3
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.7.
- Subject Name
- Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038, NGC 4039, Arp 244
- Credits
- M. Rushing/NOAO
- Release Date
- 2004-09-07
- Lightyears
- 68,000,000
- Redshift
- 0.005475
- Reference Url
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/images/1272-ssc2004-14a3-Visible-Light-View-of-the-Antennae-Galaxies
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Good
- Distance Notes
- Distance from fast facts and NED
- Facility
- KPNO, KPNO, KPNO
- Instrument
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, undefined
- Bandpass
- B-band, V-band, R-band
- Central Wavelength
- 440, 550, 700
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 180.47148829353287, -18.876984701528151
- Reference Dimension
- 1239, 805
- Reference Pixel
- 562.5, 562.5
- Scale
- -6.4223897965968291E-05, 6.4223897965968291E-05
- Rotation
- -4.4623159223417019
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu
- Name
- Spitzer Space Telescope
- Telephone
- Address
- 1200 E. California Blvd.
- City
- Pasadena
- State/Province
- CA
- Postal Code
- 91125
- Country
- USA
- Rights
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/info/18-Image-Use-Policy
- Publisher
- Spitzer Science Center
- Publisher ID
- spitzer
- Resource ID
- ssc2004-14a3.tif
- Resource URL
- http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/uploaded_files/images/0001/3551/ssc2004-14a3.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-10-11
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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