Dark Energy Camera's 1 millionth exposure

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noirlab_ann21023a June 8th, 2021

Credit: Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgments: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)

The Dark Energy Camera's 1 millionth exposure. At the time of this exposure DECam was making an of a galaxy cluster. The 1 millionth exposure has been combined with 127 earlier exposures to make this view of the field.  This demonstrates the power of DECam and an archive of a million exposures. The biggest galaxy in the field is the face-on spiral galaxy ESO 440-11. Several galaxy clusters, thousands of background galaxies and a few handfuls of foreground Milky Way stars can be seen in this “random” image of the sky.  One of the most powerful digital cameras in the world, the Dark Energy Camera was designed specifically for the Dark Energy Survey (DES). It was funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) and was built and tested at DOE's Fermilab.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/ann21023a/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ESO 440-11
Noirlab_ann21023a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 49m 53.1s
DEC = -28° 13’ 25.7”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
45.3 x 45.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Blanco-4m (DECam) Infrared (Y) 1.0 µm
Orange Blanco-4m (DECam) Optical (i) 785.0 nm
Blue Blanco-4m (DECam) Optical (g) 477.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Blue
Noirlab_ann21023a_1280
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ID
ann21023a
Subject Category
Subject Name
ESO 440-11
Credits
Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA Acknowledgments: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
Release Date
2021-06-08T10:17:36
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/ann21023a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope, Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
DECam, DECam, DECam
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Y, i, g
Central Wavelength
1010, 785, 477
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
177.471384786, -28.2238018207
Reference Dimension
10072.0, 9995.0
Reference Pixel
2493.93945312, 7266.01037598
Scale
-7.49986464261e-05, 7.5005402475e-05
Rotation
-0.11995150621783
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
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
ann21023a
Metadata Date
2021-06-07T22:27:46+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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