HAWK-I image of NGC 4030

This spiral galaxy, NGC 4030, lies about 75 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Virgo. In 2007 Takao Doi, a Japanese astronaut who doubles as an amateur astronomer, spotted a supernova — a stellar explosion that is briefly almost as bright as its host galaxy — going off in this galaxy.

The image was made in infrared light with the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile. 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 here in blue), J (in green), H (in orange), and K (in red). The field of view of the image is about 6.4 arcminutes across.

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ESO/P. Grosbøl

Om bilden

ID:eso1042e
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:27 oktober 2010 12:00
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso1042
Storlek:3654 x 3643 px

Om objektet

Namn:NGC 4030
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Avstånd:75 miljon ljusår
Constellation:Virgo
Kategori:Galaxies

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Koordinater

Position (RA):12 0 23.69
Position (Dec):-1° 5' 59.13"
Field of view:6.48 x 6.46 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 0.2° höger om lodrätt

Färger och filter

BandVåglängdTeleskop
Infrarött
Y
1.02 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarött
J
1.22 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarött
H
1.63 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I