Sky field in Virgo cluster of galaxies
eso_eso0304b January 16th, 2003
Credit: ESO
Larger region of the Virgo cluster, with the galaxies Messier 86 (at the upper edge of the field, to the left of the centre), as well as Messier 84 (upper right) and NGC 4388 (just below the centre). It is reproduced from a long-exposure Subaru Suprime-Cam image, obtained in the red light of ionized hydrogen (the H-alpha spectral line at wavelength 656.2 nm). In order to show the faintest possible hydrogen emitting objects embedded in the outskirts of bright galaxies, their smooth envelopes have been "subtracted" during the image processing. The field measures 34 x 27 square arcminutes.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0304b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0304b
- Subject Category
- C.5.5.3
- Subject Name
- Virgo Cluster
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2003-01-16T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0304b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/655/1/144/
- Facility
- Subaru Telescope
- Instrument
- Suprime-Cam
- Color Assignment
- Grayscale
- Band
- Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha
- Central Wavelength
- 656.2
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 186.633977, 12.723193
- Reference Dimension
- 3077.0, 2444.0
- Reference Pixel
- 559.01232379, 1218.03924014
- Scale
- -0.00019415234, 0.00019415234
- Rotation
- 0.03645513437
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso0304b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0304b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2016-07-18T11:30:05+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
