NGC 7424
This image was obtained to detect the companion to supernova SN2001ig, which occured in the outskirts of a spiral galaxy NGC 7424. The companion is estimated to have a mass of between 10 and 18 times that of the Sun. NGC 7242 is about 37 million light-years away.
| Observatory: | Gemini Observatory (North) Mauna Kea, Hawai'i |
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| Telescope: | Gemini North |
| Instrument: | GMOS-N |
| Astronomer: | Gemini Observatory, Stuart Ryder (AAO) and T. A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage) |
| Date of Observation: | 09-14-2004 |
| Filters and Assigned Colors: | u (violet), g (green) and r (red) |
| Exposure Times: | 3x4min in g, 5x5.5min in u,r |
| Location of Image: | Grus |
| Field of View: | 5.7 x 5.5 arcmin |
| Orientation: | North is up, East is to the left |
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