Barred Spiral Galaxy NGC 1313 - VLT

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esahubble_opo0705b January 10th, 2007

Credit: H. Boffin (FORS/VLT/ESO)

This is a view of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1313 taken with the the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile on Dec. 16, 2003 through various broad-band (B, R, z) and narrow-band filters (H-alpha, [o I], [O III]). The colour composited image was made by assigning B to the blue channel, [O I] and [O III] to the green channel, and R, z, and H-alpha to the red channel. This gives many of the nebulous shells along the outer spiral arms a yellow/red hue. The outline of the central region indicates the area observed with Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0705b/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1313
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Esahubble_opo0705b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 18m 20.8s
DEC = -66° 29’ 34.6”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
5.3 x 5.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Reticulum

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Optical (H-alpha) -
Orange VLT (FORS1) Infrared (Z) -
Orange VLT (FORS1) Optical (OIII) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (OII) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
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ID
opo0705b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1313
Credits
H. Boffin (FORS/VLT/ESO)
Release Date
2007-01-10T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0705b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope (VLT), Very Large Telescope (VLT), Very Large Telescope (VLT), Very Large Telescope (VLT), Very Large Telescope (VLT), Very Large Telescope (VLT)
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Orange, Green, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, Z, OIII, OII, B, R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
49.586479508, -66.4929459216
Reference Dimension
1594.0, 1657.0
Reference Pixel
797.0, 828.5
Scale
-5.56064350874e-05, 5.56064350874e-05
Rotation
-0.06
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0705b
Metadata Date
2007-01-04T16:37:11-05:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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