NGC 5236 (M83), SINGG Survey

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noirlab_noao-J1337-29_crop1 November 9th, 2006

Credit: The SINGG Survey Team and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/

Gas-rich galaxies display a wide range of structures and properties, but one thing they all seem to have are some newly formed stars. Images from the Survey for Ionization in Neutral Gas Galaxies (SINGG), an NOAO Survey Program (obtained with the CTIO 1.5m telescope), are designed to highlight areas of star formation in gas rich galaxies. This image shows Messier 83 (M83), one of the brightest spiral galaxies. The disks of these classic galaxies (what one usually thinks of when hearing the word), form when the gas in the system collapses. The spiral pattern is caused by a density wave in the disk which can cause enhanced star formation along the arms to make a grand design spiral. M83 hosts a strong starburst in its nuclear regions which appears white in this image. The image is displayed so that stars have a cyan-blue appearance, while ionized hydrogen (H-alpha) emission appears orange-red to yellow. The H-alpha emission marks where the gas in the galaxies has been stripped of electrons, and is now recombining. It takes very hot O stars to ionize the gas; these stars have very short lifetimes (a few million years). As a result, red tones in these images typically mark the location of newly formed hot stars. Gerhardt Meurer of The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, is the principal investigator for SINGG. For more information, see: http://sungg.pha.jhu.edu/

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-J1337-29_crop1/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
M83 NGC 5236
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 37m 19.8s
DEC = -29° 48’ 56.1”
Orientation
North is 180.0° CW
Field of View
14.4 x 14.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red SMARTS-1.5m (None) Optical (Ha) -
Cyan SMARTS-1.5m (None) Optical (None) -
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ID
noao-J1337-29_crop1
Subject Category
Subject Name
M83, NGC 5236
Credits
The SINGG Survey Team and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
Release Date
2006-11-09T13:15:28
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-J1337-29_crop1/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope, SMARTS 1.5-meter Telescope
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Ha, None
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
204.3326085, -29.81557371
Reference Dimension
2000.0, 2000.0
Reference Pixel
429.6555021, 1483.824333
Scale
-0.00012, 0.00012
Rotation
-179.9797014
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-J1337-29_crop1
Metadata Date
2022-08-02T08:28:48.119900
Metadata Version
1.1
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