DESI Imaging Legacy Surveys Publish Seventh Data Release
he slideshow above highlights images from the Legacy Surveys’ Data Release 7 (DR7), which covers more than a quarter of the sky. More DR7 images of galaxies in Halton Arp’s Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies are available online. Read more about DR7 in the latest issue of NOAO Currents, which also describes exoplanet observing time available with CHIRON, news from the SOAR and Blanco telescopes, research opportunities for time domain astronomy (ZTF, ANTARES), and more.
Credit:DECaLS
About the Image
| Id: | noaoann18017a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Sept. 11, 2018 |
| Related announcements: | noaoann18017 |
| Size: | 1200 x 648 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 15 53 34.13 |
| Position (Dec): | 18° 36' 38.21" |
| Field of view: | 4.79 x 2.59 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 486 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical r | 646 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Infrared z | 919 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |