NGC 1068 and Friends
A survey of the sky captured on film by ESO's 1-m Schmidt Telescope. In the left-centre, the galaxy NGC 1068 is visible, among other galactic oases. What looks like the largest object (right-centre) in the picture is actually a star many magnitudes closer than the background galaxies. Satellites passing overhead during the exposure left telltale thin red lines on the image.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | ngc1068-serc |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 December 2009, 23:22 |
| Size: | 5604 x 5022 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Messier 77, ngc 1068 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 35 million light years |
| Constellation: | Cetus |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 2 41 53.28 |
| Position (Dec): | 0° 9' 2.92" |
| Field of view: | 159.08 x 142.55 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 1.6° right of vertical |
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