VST’s view of the Leo Triplet and beyond

Triplet of bright galaxies in the constellation of Leo (The Lion), together with a multitude of fainter objects: distant background galaxies and much closer Milky Way stars. The image hints at the power of the VST and OmegaCAM for surveying the extragalactic Universe and for mapping the low brightness objects of the galactic halo. This image is a composite created by combining exposures taken through three different filters. Light that passed through a near-infrared filter was coloured red, light in the red part of the spectrum is coloured green, and green light is coloured magenta.

Kilde:

ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute

Om billedet

Id:eso1126a
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:27. juli 2011 12:00
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso1126
Størrelse:15513 x 12558 px

Om objektet

Navn:Leo Triplet
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Afstand:35 million lysår
Constellation:Leo
Kategori:Galaxies

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Position (RA):11 19 43.51
Position (Dec):13° 18' 36.77"
Field of view:51.72 x 41.86 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord er 90.0° venstre fra lodret

Farver & filtre

BåndBølgelængdeTeleskop
Optisk
G
480 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM
Optisk
R
625 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM
Infrarød
I
770 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM