NGC 6240 taken by the Dark Energy Camera
A detailed image of NGC 6240 taken by the Dark Energy Camera (DECam). DECam was made by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and is mounted on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF's NOIRLab.
Credit:
International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/GNIRS Team
Image processing: M. Rodriguez (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), J. Miller (Gemini Observatory/NSF’s NOIRLab), & M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
| Id: | iotw2342c |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Oct. 18, 2023, noon |
| Size: | 3000 x 1688 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 16 52 58.80 |
| Position (Dec): | 2° 24' 4.99" |
| Field of view: | 13.14 x 7.39 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 89.9° 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 z | 926 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |