Wide-Field View of NGC 2276
This image shows a wide-field view of NGC 2276, a spiral galaxy 120 million light-years away in the constellation of Cepheus. At first glance, the delicate tracery of bright spiral arms and dark dust lanes resembles countless other spiral galaxies. A closer look reveals a strangely lopsided galaxy shaped by gravitational interaction and intense star formation.
Credit:Adam Block/Mount Lemmon SkyCenter/University of Arizona
About the Image
| Id: | heic2106b |
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| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 27 May 2021, 13:00 |
| Related releases: | heic2106 |
| Size: | 1350 x 1100 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 7 28 48.83 |
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| Position (Dec): | 85° 44' 35.06" |
| Field of view: | 21.29 x 17.35 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 202.2° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 475 nm | Schulman Telescope SBIG STX 16803 |
| Optical G | 570 nm | Schulman Telescope SBIG STX 16803 |
| Optical R | 630 nm | Schulman Telescope SBIG STX 16803 |
| Optical Broad Band | 555 nm | Schulman Telescope SBIG STX 16803 |