Wide-field view of the field around NGC 4666
This visible light wide-field image of the region around NGC 4666 was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The galaxy appears close to the centre. The dazzling blue star to the lower-right is the brilliant double star Gamma Virginis. The field of view is approximately three degrees across.
Credit:ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | eso1036b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 1 September 2010, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1036 |
| Size: | 10668 x 10685 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 4666 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
| Distance: | 80 million light years |
| Constellation: | Virgo |
| Category: | Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 12 45 8.71 |
| Position (Dec): | 0° 27' 43.36" |
| Field of view: | 178.95 x 179.23 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.1° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical B | 445 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | 658 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |