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The antennae galaxies - NGC4038/9
One of the first images from the new VIMOS facility, obtained right after the moment of "first light" on February 26, 2002. It shows the famous "Antennae Galaxies" (NGC 4038/9), the result of a recent collision between two galaxies.
As an immediate outcome of this dramatic event, stars are born within massive complexes that appear blue in this composite photo, based on exposures through green, orange and red optical filters.
Individual exposures of 60 seconds each; image quality 0.6 arcsec FWHM; the field measures 3.5 x 3.5 arcmin2. North is up and East is left.
Kredit:ESO
O snímku
| Id: | eso0209a |
| Typ: | Pozorování |
| Datum zveřejnění: | 13. března 2002 |
| Související články: | eso0209 |
| Velikost: | 800 x 796 px |
O objektu
| Jméno: | Antennae Galaxies |
| Typ: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Vzdálenost: | 75 milion světelné roky |
| Constellation: | Corvus |
| Kategorie: | Galaxies |
Souřadnice
| Position (RA): | 12 1 53.31 |
| Position (Dec): | -18° 52' 37.66" |
| Field of view: | 3.43 x 3.42 arcminutes |
| Orientace: | Sever je 0.1° levá od svislé osy |
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Barvy & filtry
| Pásmo | Dalekohled |
|---|---|
| Optický B | Very Large Telescope VIMOS |
| Optický V | Very Large Telescope VIMOS |
| Infračervený I | Very Large Telescope VIMOS |