NGC 1808
NGC 1808 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the southern constellation Columba (the dove). This image was captured using the Dark Energy Camera (DECam), which is mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, in Chile. You can find this Image of the Week here.
Credit:
Dark Energy Survey/DOE/FNAL/DECam/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image processing: R. Colombari and M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
| Id: | iotw2320b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | May 17, 2023, noon |
| Size: | 5534 x 4994 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 1808 |
| Distance: | 40 million light years |
| Constellation: | Columba |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 5 7 42.40 |
| Position (Dec): | -37° 30' 11.85" |
| Field of view: | 24.22 x 21.86 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.0° right of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical r | 642 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical i | 784 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |