Anatomy of a bird

Image taken with the NACO instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in the K-band. Also indicated are the different parts of the 'Bird'. There is a barred spiral galaxy at the heart of the Bird, and a strongly disturbed massive galaxy just south of it, while the head of the Bird consists of an irregular galaxy with very active star formation. The wings span a region in space of about 100,000 light-years, as much as our own Milky Way. North is up and East is to the left. The image covers about 25 x 25 arcsec.

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Om bilden

ID:eso0755b
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:21 december 2007
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso0755
Storlek:1251 x 1071 px

Om objektet

Namn:ESO 593-IG 008, The Bird
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Avstånd:650 miljon ljusår
Constellation:Sagittarius
Kategori:Galaxies

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Koordinater

Position (RA):19 14 31.08
Position (Dec):-21° 19' 9.36"
Field of view:0.70 x 0.60 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 2.3° vänster om lodrätt

Färger och filter

BandTeleskop
InfraröttVery Large Telescope
NACO