M101 Mosaic
The well-known spiral galaxy M101 was imaged by Dr George Jacoby at the Kitt Peak National Observatory's 0.9-meter telescope, using the new wide-field imaging system Mosaic. This instrument combines the pictures from eight separate CCD chips, carefully mounted next to each other for a total of 8192 pixels square, and can thus image a large area without sacrificing resolution. M101 (NGC5457) is a type Sc spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major and is quite similar to our own Galaxy.
Credit:George Jacoby, Bruce Bohannan, Mark Hanna/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
About the Image
Id: | noao-02881 |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:33 p.m. |
Size: | 7680 x 7540 px |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 14 3 29.99 |
Position (Dec): | 54° 6' 15.38" |
Field of view: | 33.09 x 32.53 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 89.7° left of vertical |