The irregular galaxy NGC 1427A
Colour composite image of NGC 1427A, based on observations collected with FORS1 in Service mode for Andreas Reisenegger and his colleagues in November 2002 and January 2003. A very tenuous galaxy is also visible in the upper right corner. For the blue, green and red channels the U, V and H-alpha filters were used, respectively. North is on the left and West is up. The entire field of view of this image is ~ 6.7 x 6.7 arcmin which corresponds to ~ 120 x 120 thousand light-years at the Fornax Cluster distance. Henri Boffin (ESO) did the final processing of the image.
Bildnachweis:ESO
Über das Bild
ID: | eso0627c |
Typ: | Beobachtung |
Veröffentlichungsdatum: | 26. Juli 2006 |
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen: | eso0627 |
Größe: | 1953 x 1851 px |
Über das Objekt
Name: | NGC 1427A |
Typ: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular |
Entfernung: | 50 Million Lichtjahre |
Constellation: | Eridanus |
Kategorie: | Galaxies |
Bildschirm-Hintergrundbilder
Koordinaten
Position (RA): | 3 40 8.53 |
Position (Dec): | -35° 37' 5.88" |
Field of view: | 6.19 x 5.87 arcminutes |
Orientierung: | Die Nordrichtung liegt 90.1° links zur Vertikale |
Farben & Filter
Spektralbereich | Teleskop |
---|---|
Ultraviolett U | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
Optisch V | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |
Optisch H-alpha | Very Large Telescope FORS1 |