Polar Ring Galaxy, NGC 660
This image was obtained with the wide-field view of the Mosaic camera on the Mayall 4-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. It shows NGC 660 and its surroundings. NGC 660 is a striking example of a polar ring galaxy. In the distant background are thousands of other galaxies. Nearly every small blue or yellow smudge is a very distant galaxy. Some of these, like NGC 660, show evidence of collisions or mergers. The image was generated with observations in the B (blue), V (green), I (orange) and Hydrogen-Alpha (red) filters. In this image, North is up, East is to the left.
Credit:T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) and H. Schweiker (WIYN and NOIRLab/NSF/AURA)
About the Image
Id: | noao-ngc660kpno |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | June 30, 2020, 9:33 p.m. |
Size: | 7936 x 8029 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 660, Polar Ring Galaxy |
Constellation: | Pisces |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Large JPEG
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Publication TIFF 4K
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Publication JPEG
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Screensize JPEG
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Wallpapers
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 1 43 36.44 |
Position (Dec): | 13° 44' 2.28" |
Field of view: | 34.28 x 34.88 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 180.0° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical B | 436 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical V | 537 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical I | 805 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical Ha | 656 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |