Portrait of a Needle Galaxy
Full view of the field around Image of the Week iotw2053. The individual images are here.
Credit:KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA.
Acknowledgments:
PI: M T. Patterson (New Mexico State University)
Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin
About the Image
| Id: | iotw2101c |
| Type: | Photographic |
| Release date: | Jan. 6, 2021, 6 a.m. |
| Size: | 7931 x 8114 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Kitt Peak National Observatory |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Wallpapers
Colors & filters
| Band | Tele-scope |
|---|---|
| Nicholas U. Mayall 4-meter Telescope |