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 |
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 |
Position (Dec): | 85° 44' 35.06" |
Field of view: | 21.29 x 17.35 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 202.2° right of vertical |
Colours & filters
Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
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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 |