FORS1 first light - spiral galaxy NGC 1288

This image is a reproduction of a colour composite image of the beautiful spiral galaxy NGC 1288 in the southern constellation Fornax. It covers the entire field that was imaged on the 2048 x 2048 pixel CCD camera. It is based on CCD frames in different colours that were taken under good seeing conditions during the night of First Light (15 September 1998). The distance to this galaxy is about 300 million light-years; it recedes with a velocity of 4500 km/sec and its diameter is about 200,000 light-years.

This image is based on a composite of three images taken behind three different filters: B (420 nm; 6 min), V (530 nm; 3 min) and I (800 nm; 3min) during a period of 0.7 arcsec seeing. The field shown measures 6.8 x 6.8 arcmin. North is left; East is down.

Kredit:

ESO

O snímku

Id:eso9845a
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:23. září 1998
Související články:eso9845
Velikost:2892 x 2876 px

O objektu

Jméno:NGC 1232
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Vzdálenost:200 milion světelné roky
Constellation:Fornax
Kategorie:Galaxies

Image Formats

největší JPEG
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Zvětšovatelný


Pozadí

1024x768
90,7 KB
1280x1024
131,5 KB
1600x1200
176,7 KB
1920x1200
209,7 KB
2048x1536
259,8 KB

Souřadnice

Position (RA):3 17 12.62
Position (Dec):-32° 34' 35.42"
Field of view:6.73 x 6.69 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 0.1° levá od svislé osy

Barvy & filtry

PásmoVlnová délkaDalekohled
Optický
B
420 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Optický
V
530 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Infračervený
I
800 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1