Centaurus A – Field 1 (shell)

High-resolution, very deep colour image of a field around the jet in the North-East of the Centaurus A galaxy. This image was taken in July 1999 through U- and V-band optical filters with the VLT FORS1 multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope on Paranal. Note the great variety of object types and colours, including many background galaxies which are seen through these less dense regions of Centaurus A. The total exposure time was 30 min in each filter and the seeing was excellent, 0.5 arcsec. The original pixel size is 0.196 arcsec and the fields measure 6.7 x 6.7 square arcmin (2048 x 2048 square pix). North is up and East is left.

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ESO

Sobre a imagem

Id:eso0315c
Tipo:Observação
Data de divulgação:10 de Junho de 2003
Notícias relacionadas:eso0315
Tamanho:2048 x 2046 px

Sobre o objeto

Nome:Centaurus A
Tipo:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical
Distância:13 milhão anos-luz
Constellation:Centaurus
Categoria:Galaxies

Formatos de imagens

JPEG grande
550,7 KB

Papéis de parede

1024x768
564,6 KB
1280x1024
800,1 KB
1600x1200
1011,2 KB
1920x1200
1,1 MB
2048x1536
1,4 MB

Coordenadas

Position (RA):13 26 22.95
Position (Dec):-42° 51' 56.61"
Field of view:6.83 x 6.83 arcminutes
Orientação:O norte está a 0.0° à direita da vertical

Cores e filtros

BandaTelescópio
Óptico
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Ultravioleta
U
Very Large Telescope
FORS1