NGC 3923
The onion-like layers of shell galaxy NGC 3923 are beautifully showcased in this image taken with the DOE-built Dark Energy Camera (DECam) on the Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory (CTIO), a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab. Located in the constellation Hydra (the Serpent), NGC 3923 is about 70 million light-years away from Earth and 150,000 light-years across, making it about 50% larger than our Milky Way.
Credit:DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys/LBNL/DOE & KPNO/CTIO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA
Image processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani (NSF’s NOIRLab), R. Colombari (NSF’s NOIRLab) & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2325d |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | Sept. 28, 2023, 11:30 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2325 |
Size: | 7021 x 7021 px |
About the Object
Name: | NGC 3923 |
Distance: | 75 million light years |
Constellation: | Hydra |
Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 11 51 40.15 |
Position (Dec): | -28° 51' 26.39" |
Field of view: | 31.53 x 31.53 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.0° right of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
---|---|---|
Optical g | 473 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical r | 642 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical i | 784 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical H-alpha | 662 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |