The surroundings of the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055
This rich wide-field view captures not only the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055 at the centre but also the bright galaxy NGC 1068 (also known as Messier 77, it is an active galaxy with a huge black hole at its centre) to its lower-left, the fainter galaxy NGC 1032 to the upper right and the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073 to the upper left. In addition, much closer to home, the bright naked-eye blue star Delta Ceti appears at the right of centre. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | eso1707b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 1 March 2017, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1707 |
| Size: | 14208 x 13308 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 2 41 47.15 |
| Position (Dec): | 0° 26' 47.51" |
| Field of view: | 238.28 x 223.19 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical I | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |