Bright galaxies in the Virgo cluster

Eso_eso0304a_1024

eso_eso0304a January 16th, 2003

Credit: ESO

Sky field near some of the brighter galaxies in the Virgo Cluster. This image was obtained in April 2000 with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) at the La Silla Observatory. The large elliptical galaxy at the centre is Messier 84; the elongated image of NGC 4388 (an active spiral galaxy, seen from the side) is in the lower left corner. The field measures 16.9 x 15.7 square arcmin.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0304a/

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
Messier 84 NGC 4388
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Irregular
Eso_eso0304a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 24m 58.3s
DEC = 12° 53’ 37.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
33.7 x 31.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo
Eso_eso0304a_1280
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ID
eso0304a
Subject Category
C.5.1.6  
Subject Name
Messier 84, NGC 4388
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2003-01-16T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0304a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
No distance included as the two galaxies are different distances from Milky Way.
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
I
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
186.242833407, 12.8936992572
Reference Dimension
4252.0, 3933.0
Reference Pixel
2126.0, 1966.0
Scale
-0.000132231362957, 0.000132231362957
Rotation
0.02
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
eso0304a
Metadata Date
2016-07-18T11:23:40+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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