NGC 1270: A Galactic Archipelago
NGC 1270 is just one member of the Perseus Cluster, a group of thousands of galaxies that lies around 240 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Perseus. This image, taken with the Gemini Multi-Object Spectrograph (GMOS) on the Gemini North telescope, one half of the International Gemini Observatory, which is supported in part by the U.S. National Science Foundation and operated by NSF NOIRLab, captures a dazzling collection of galaxies in the central region of this enormous cluster.
Credit:International Gemini Observatory/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/
Image Processing: J. Miller & M. Rodriguez (International Gemini Observatory/NSF NOIRLab), T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF NOIRLab)
Acknowledgements: PI: Jisu Kang (Seoul National University)
About the Image
| Id: | noirlab2426a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Oct. 21, 2024, 10 a.m. |
| Related releases: | noirlab2426 |
| Size: | 2113 x 1615 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 1270 |
| Distance: | 240 million light years |
| Constellation: | Perseus |
| Category: | Galaxies |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 3 18 58.11 |
| Position (Dec): | 41° 28' 11.93" |
| Field of view: | 5.70 x 4.35 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 180.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical g | 475 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical r | 630 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |
| Optical i | 780 nm | Gemini North GMOS-N |