VST’s view of the Leo Triplet and beyond

Triplet of bright galaxies in the constellation of Leo (The Lion), together with a multitude of fainter objects: distant background galaxies and much closer Milky Way stars. The image hints at the power of the VST and OmegaCAM for surveying the extragalactic Universe and for mapping the low brightness objects of the galactic halo. This image is a composite created by combining exposures taken through three different filters. Light that passed through a near-infrared filter was coloured red, light in the red part of the spectrum is coloured green, and green light is coloured magenta.

Credit:

ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1126a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:27 juli 2011 12:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1126
Grootte:15513 x 12558 px

Over het object

Naam:Leo Triplet
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Afstand:35 miljoen lichtjaren
Constellation:Leo
Categorie:Galaxies

Afbeeldingstypen

Grote JPEG
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Achtergrond

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Coordinates

Position (RA):11 19 43.51
Position (Dec):13° 18' 36.77"
Field of view:51.72 x 41.86 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 90.0° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandGolflengteTelescoop
Optisch
G
480 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM
Optisch
R
625 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM
Infrarood
I
770 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM