Giant elliptical galaxy NGC 1316 in Fornax Cluster

Eso_eso0024a_1024

eso_eso0024a July 28th, 2000

Credit: ESO

Colour composite photo of the central area of NGC 1316, a giant elliptical galaxy in the Fornax cluster of galaxies. Many dark dust clouds and lanes are visible. Some of the star-like objects in the field are globular clusters of stars that belong to the galaxy. It is based on CCD exposures, obtained with the 8.2-m VLT/ANTU telescope and the FORS-1 multi-mode instrument through B (blue), V (green-yellow) and I (here rendered as red) filters, respectively. The "pyramids" above and below the bright centre of the galaxy and the vertical lines at some of the brighter stars are caused by overexposure ("CCD bleeding"). The field measures 6.8 x 6.8 arcmin 2, with 0.2 arcsec/pixel. The image quality of this composite is about 0.9 arcsec. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0024a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1316
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Galaxy > Size > Giant
Eso_eso0024a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 22m 43.2s
DEC = -37° 11’ 58.3”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
6.5 x 6.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Infrared (I) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0024a
Subject Category
C.5.1.4   C.5.2.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1316
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2000-07-28T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0024a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
50.6799618373, -37.1995246099
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1284.0
Reference Pixel
602.0, 689.0
Scale
-8.43006217024e-05, 8.43006217024e-05
Rotation
-0.0682818894999991
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
eso0024a
Metadata Date
2018-04-14T23:31:44+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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