Spiral Galaxy IC 342
Spiral Galaxy IC 342 is located roughly 11 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Camelopardalis, “the giraffe.” Its face-on appearance in the sky — as opposed to our tilted and edge-on views of many other nearby galaxies, such as the large spiral galaxy Andromeda (M31) — makes IC 342 a prime target for studies of star formation and astrochemistry. The image, obtained in late 2006, was taken using the 64-megapixel Mosaic-1 digital imager on the Mayall 4-meter telescope. This image is the subject of NOAO press release 07-03.
Credit:NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/T.A. Rector (NSF NOIRLab/University of Alaska Anchorage) & H. Schweiker (WIYN/NSF NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noao0703a |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Feb. 21, 2007 |
Related releases: | noao0703 |
Related announcements: | noaoann07007 |
Size: | 4000 x 3962 px |
About the Object
Image Formats
Large JPEG
5.1 MB
Publication TIFF 4K
35.9 MB
Publication JPEG
5.1 MB
Screensize JPEG
484.6 KB
Wallpapers
1024x768
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1280x1024
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1600x1200
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1920x1200
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2048x1536
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 3 47 20.60 |
Position (Dec): | 68° 11' 36.28" |
Field of view: | 35.52 x 35.18 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 90.2° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical B | 438 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical V | 538 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical I | 820 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |
Optical H-alpha | 657 nm | Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope Mosaic I |