NGC 2336
noirlab_noao-n2336block March 12th, 2014
Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
The many delicate spiral arms of NGC 2336 give it the appearance of regal, understated beauty. The central region sports a bar in which stars orbit the center of the galaxy, not in circles as do the stars in the outer arms- but instead in "figure eights" and more complicated weave-like patterns along the axis of the bar. This galaxy is one of the largest in the direction of Polaris- and it is one of the most northern CCD images acquired from the Visitor Center Observatories. NGC 2336 is around 100 million light years away. This image was taken as part of Advanced Observing Program (AOP) program at Kitt Peak Visitor Center during 2014.
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2336block/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- ID
- noao-n2336block
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- NGC 2336
- Credits
- KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Adam Block
- Release Date
- 2014-03-12T14:29:05
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao-n2336block/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope, Visitor Center 0.5-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD, Other CCD
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Blue, Green, Red
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Broad Band, B, G, R
- Central Wavelength
- 555, 438, 475, 625
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 111.9562967, 80.1621331299
- Reference Dimension
- 1757.0, 1090.0
- Reference Pixel
- 826.316131592, 811.159749031
- Scale
- -0.00011040400555, 0.000110360598676
- Rotation
- -102.92137629491
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- NSF's NOIRLab
- URL
- https://noirlab.edu
- Name
- 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-n2336block
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao-n2336block.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-09-14T08:43:44-05:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
