File:NGC3198 - Iotw2035a.jpg
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English: A Lonely Spiral in a Tapestry of Galaxies
Accurately measuring the distance to an astronomical object — everything from our own Sun to galaxies such as NGC 3198 — is an age-old challenge for astronomers, and requires a combination of measurements and methods. The galaxy at the heart of this image has played a part in this astronomical undertaking by allowing astronomers to calibrate astronomical distance measurements based on a type of variable star known as a Cepheid variable. 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 |
| Date | Aug. 26, 2020, 10:02 a.m. |
| Source | https://noirlab.edu/public/images/iotw2035a/ |
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Credit: KPNO/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA.
PI: M T. Patterson (New Mexico State University) Image processing: Travis Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage), Mahdi Zamani & Davide de Martin |
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| current | 17:11, 9 November 2021 | | 3,168 × 2,485 (2.58 MB) | Fabian RRRR (talk | contribs) | {{Information |description={{en|1='''A Lonely Spiral in a Tapestry of Galaxies This stunning image features NGC 3198, a galaxy that lies about 47 million light-years away in the constellation Ursa Major. This image was taken with the Mosaic instrument on the 4-meter Nicholas U. Mayall Telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab, and shows the full extent of the galaxy, from the bright central bulge to the tenuous outer reaches of the tightly-wound spiral arms. Al... |
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