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NGC 5364

Eso_eso0209e_1024

eso_eso0209e March 13th, 2002

Credit: ESO

The spiral galaxy NGC 5364 was the first object to be observed with the VIMOS instrument. This false-colour near-infrared raw First Light image reveal extensive structure in the spiral arms of the galaxy. The image consists of a 60 sec exposure of NGC 5364 on February 26, 2002; image quality 0.6 arcsec FWHM; full moon; field of view 3.5 x 3.5 arcmin2 ; North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209e/

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 5364
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Eso_eso0209e_128

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 56m 12.1s; DEC = 5° 0’ 52.3”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 6.0 x 5.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Virgo

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (VIMOS)	Infrared (Near-IR)	-

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ID: eso0209e
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: NGC 5364
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2002-03-13T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance in light years from NED

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: VIMOS
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: Near-IR
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 209.050235, 5.014524
Reference Dimension: 800.0, 737.0

Reference Pixel: 420.056462177, 345.23313411
Scale: -0.00012541592, 0.00012541592
Rotation: -0.01746951300
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0209e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0209e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-07T16:24:02+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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