HAWK-I image of NGC 1232

NGC 1232 is a spiral galaxy some 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (the River). The galaxy is classified as an intermediate spiral galaxy — somewhere between a barred and an unbarred spiral galaxy. An image of this galaxy and its small companion galaxy NGC 1232A in visible light was one of the first produced by ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). HAWK-I has now returned to NGC 1232 to show a different view of it at near-infrared wavelengths.

HAWK-I is one of the most powerful infrared imagers in the world, and this is one of the sharpest and most detailed pictures of this galaxy ever taken from Earth. The filters used were Y (shown in blue), J (in green), H (in muddy brown), and K (in red). The field of view of the image is about 6.4 arcminutes.

Kredit:

ESO/P. Grosbøl

O snímku

Id:eso1042g
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:27. října 2010 12:00
Související články:eso1042
Velikost:3644 x 3638 px

O objektu

Jméno:NGC 1232
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Vzdálenost:65 milion světelné roky
Constellation:Eridanus
Kategorie:Galaxies

Image Formats


Zvětšovatelný


Pozadí

1024x768
242,2 KB
1280x1024
409,6 KB
1600x1200
649,9 KB
1920x1200
870,7 KB
2048x1536
1,1 MB

Souřadnice

Position (RA):3 9 45.48
Position (Dec):-20° 34' 45.65"
Field of view:6.49 x 6.48 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 0.2° levá od svislé osy

Barvy & filtry

PásmoVlnová délkaDalekohled
Infračervený
Y
1.02 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infračervený
J
1.22 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infračervený
H
1.63 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I