Centaurus A – Field 1 (shell)

Eso_eso0315c_1024

eso_eso0315c June 10th, 2003

Credit: ESO

High-resolution, very deep colour image of a field around the jet in the North-East of the Centaurus A galaxy. This image was taken in July 1999 through U- and V-band optical filters with the VLT FORS1 multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope on Paranal. Note the great variety of object types and colours, including many background galaxies which are seen through these less dense regions of Centaurus A. The total exposure time was 30 min in each filter and the seeing was excellent, 0.5 arcsec. The original pixel size is 0.196 arcsec and the fields measure 6.7 x 6.7 square arcmin (2048 x 2048 square pix). North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0315c/

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
Centaurus A
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Eso_eso0315c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 26m 22.9s
DEC = -42° 51’ 56.6”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
6.8 x 6.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
VLT (FORS1) Optical (V) -
VLT (FORS1) Ultraviolet (U) -
Eso_eso0315c_1280
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ID
eso0315c
Subject Category
C.5.1.4  
Subject Name
Centaurus A
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2003-06-10T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0315c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
V, U
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
201.595604871, -42.8657246153
Reference Dimension
800.0, 800.0
Reference Pixel
400.0, 400.0
Scale
-0.000142342892392, 0.000142342892392
Rotation
-0.019999999999999993
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
eso0315c
Metadata Date
2016-07-18T14:20:56+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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