Spiral Galaxy IC342
noirlab_noao0703a February 21st, 2007
Credit: T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
Spiral Galaxy IC342 is located roughly 11 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis, the giraffe. Its face-on appearance in the skyas opposed to our tilted and edge-on views of many other nearby galaxies, such as the large spiral galaxy Andromeda (M31)makes IC342 a prime target for studies of star formation and astrochemistry. The image, obtained in late 2006, was taken using the 64-megapixel Mosaic-1 digital imager on the Mayall 4-meter telescope. This image is the subject of NOAO press release 07-03
Provider: NOIRLab
Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao0703a/
Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope (Mosaic 1) | Optical (H-alpha) | 657.0 nm |
|
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope (Mosaic 1) | Optical (I) | 820.0 nm |
|
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope (Mosaic 1) | Optical (V) | 538.0 nm |
|
Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope (Mosaic 1) | Optical (B) | 438.0 nm |
- ID
- noao0703a
- Subject Category
- Subject Name
- IC 342
- Credits
- T.A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
- Release Date
- 2007-02-21T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noao0703a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope, Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope
- Instrument
- Mosaic 1, Mosaic 1, Mosaic 1, Mosaic 1
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, I, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 657, 820, 538, 438
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 56.83583014, 68.19341231
- Reference Dimension
- 4000.0, 3962.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1388.844482, 1810.690674
- Scale
- -0.000148, 0.000148
- Rotation
- 90.22252004
- 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
- noao0703a
- Resource URL
- http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noao0703a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2020-10-28T08:37:33.063217
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
