The Andromeda Galaxy
This detailed image of the Andromeda Galaxy was taken at the National Science Foundation's 0.9-meter telescope on Kitt Peak with the NOAO Mosaic CCD camera. Located in the constellation of Andromeda, the Princess, the Andromeda Galaxy is a large spiral galaxy very similar to our own Galaxy, the Milky Way. It is over 65,000 light-years in diameter and approximately 2.2 million light-years in distance. The area shown in this image is quite large on the sky, covering about five times the area of the full Moon. This true-color image was created by combining images taken in seven filters: U (violet), B (blue), V (green), R (orange), I (red), Hydrogen-Alpha (red) and Oxygen [OIII] (green).
Credit:T.A.Rector and B.A.Wolpa/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
About the Image
Id: | noao-m31 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:33 p.m. |
Size: | 8175 x 8292 px |
About the Object
Name: | Andromeda Galaxy, M31 |
Constellation: | Andromeda |
Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 0 43 11.91 |
Position (Dec): | 41° 28' 27.85" |
Field of view: | 57.79 x 58.65 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.3° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical U | 355 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical B | 438 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical V | 538 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Olll | 502 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical R | 651 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical I | 820 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Ha | 657 nm | WIYN 0.9-meter Telescope Mosaic I |