HAWK-I image of Messier 100

This galaxy is Messier 100, also known as NGC 4321, which was discovered in the18th century. About 55 million light-years from Earth, Messier 100 is part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies and lies in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair, named after the ancient Egyptian queen Berenice II).

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 cyan), H (in orange), and K (in red). The field of view of the image is about 6.4 arcminutes.

Crédit:

ESO/P. Grosbøl

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso1042c
Type:Observation
Date de publication:27 octobre 2010 12:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1042
Taille:3650 x 3639 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Messier 100, NGC 4321
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distance:55 million années lumière
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Catégorie:Galaxies

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
6,5 Mio
JPEG taille écran
185,5 Kio

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Fonds d'écran

1024x768
206,8 Kio
1280x1024
350,3 Kio
1600x1200
572,9 Kio
1920x1200
787,5 Kio
2048x1536
1,1 Mio

Coordinates

Position (RA):12 22 55.38
Position (Dec):15° 49' 40.95"
Field of view:6.48 x 6.46 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 1.6° right of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Infrarouge
Y
Very Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarouge
J
Very Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarouge
H
Very Large Telescope
HAWK-I