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Anatomy of a Bird
Image taken with the NACO instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in the K-band. Also indicated are the different parts of the 'Bird'. There is a barred spiral galaxy at the heart of the Bird, and a strongly disturbed massive galaxy just south of it, while the head of the Bird consists of an irregular galaxy with very active star formation. The wings span a region in space of about 100,000 light-years, as much as our own Milky Way. North is up and East is to the left. The image covers about 25 x 25 arcsec.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0755b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 21 December 2007 |
| Related releases: | eso0755 |
| Size: | 1251 x 1071 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 593-IG 008, The Bird |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 650 million light years |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 19h 14m 31.08s |
| Position (Dec): | -21° 19' 9.36" |
| Field of view: | 0.70 x 0.60 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 2.3° left of vertical |
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| Band | Telescope |
| Infrared | Very Large Telescope NACO |
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