M101, NGC 5457

Noirlab_noao-02269_1024

noirlab_noao-02269 June 30th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA

The giant pinwheel galaxy, M101, in the constellation Ursa Major. Of type Sc, and quite similar to our own Galaxy, it is seen almost face-on, showing the spiral arms and the intervening dust lanes (dark filaments) with great clarity in this 1975 image from the Kitt Peak 4-meter Mayall telescope. It is about 15 million light-years away.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02269/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M101 NGC 5457
Noirlab_noao-02269_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 3m 10.1s
DEC = 54° 21’ 11.8”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
23.1 x 18.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Ursa Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale KPNO-4m (None) Optical (None) -
Noirlab_noao-02269_1280
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ID
noao-02269
Subject Category
Subject Name
M101, NGC 5457
Credits
NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Release Date
2020-06-30T21:33:54
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-02269/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
None
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
210.79215008, 54.3532878454
Reference Dimension
2500.0, 2000.0
Reference Pixel
1250.0, 1000.0
Scale
-0.000154139103572, 0.000154139103572
Rotation
-0.68000000000000016
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
noao-02269
Metadata Date
2021-07-24T12:59:19.310946
Metadata Version
1.1
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