A Milky Way cousin

Eso_eso-2613_1024

eso_eso-2613 December 3rd, 2009

Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. Thöne and C. Féron

NGC 2613 is a rarely imaged spiral galaxy located about 60 million light years away towards the southern constellation of Pyxis (the mariner’s compass). It is thought to resemble our own Milky Way. This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5-metre Danish telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters (B, V, R).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso-2613/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 2613
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso-2613_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 8h 33m 22.7s
DEC = -22° 58’ 22.3”
Orientation
North is 44.8° CW
Field of View
10.2 x 7.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Pyxis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (R) 648.0 nm
Green ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (V) 544.0 nm
Blue ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (B) 433.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Eso_eso-2613_1280
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ID
eso-2613
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 2613
Credits
ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. Thöne and C. Féron
Release Date
2009-12-03T23:19:57
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso-2613/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
DFOSC, DFOSC, DFOSC
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
648, 544, 433
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
128.344381191, -22.9728489658
Reference Dimension
1548.0, 1180.0
Reference Pixel
754.975543193, 615.532044088
Scale
-0.000109657059553, 0.000109657059553
Rotation
-44.84480678809
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso-2613
Metadata Date
2009-05-29T17:06:12+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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