Interacting galaxies in the Capodimonte Deep Field

This is an image of interacting galaxies that are seen in the Capodimonte Deep Field. The enlargement covers 1250 x 1130 WFI pixels (1 pixel = 0.24 arcsec), or about 5.0 x 4.5 arcmin 2 in the sky. The lower spiral is itself an interactive double.

Technical information: this image displays selected areas of the field shown in ESO Press Photo eso0116a at the original WFI scale, hereby also demonstrating the enormous amount of information contained in these wide-field images. North is up and East is left.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0116b
Type:Observation
Date de publication:10 avril 2001
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0116
Taille:3000 x 2638 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Capodimonte Deep Field
Type:Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Constellation:Corvus
Catégorie:Galaxies

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
2,1 Mio
JPEG taille écran
302,3 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
368,6 Kio
1280x1024
571,6 Kio
1600x1200
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1920x1200
843,2 Kio
2048x1536
1,1 Mio

Coordinates

Position (RA):12 25 8.26
Position (Dec):-12° 22' 36.61"
Field of view:4.97 x 4.37 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.1° left of vertical