Centaurus A – Field 1 (shell)

Eso_eso0315e_1024

eso_eso0315e June 10th, 2003

Credit: ESO

Colour composite of "Field 1" (around the jet) in the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128), based on exposures through three near-infrared filters (the J-, H- and K-bands at wavelengths 1.2, 1.6 and 2.2 µm, respectively) with the ISAAC multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope at the ESO Paranal observatory. This ISAAC image is one of the two deepest near-infrared images ever obtained in this galaxy and show thousands of its stars of different colours. In the present colour-coding, the redder an image, the cooler is the star. The original pixel size is 0.15 arcsec and both fields measure 2.5 x 2.5 arcmin 2. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0315e/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Centaurus A
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy
Eso_eso0315e_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 26m 23.2s
DEC = -42° 52’ 2.8”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
2.2 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Green VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Blue VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (J) 1.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Eso_eso0315e_1280
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ID
eso0315e
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
Centaurus A
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2003-06-10T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0315e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
ISAAC, ISAAC, ISAAC
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
K, H, J
Central Wavelength
2200, 1600, 1200
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
201.596656944, -42.8674577363
Reference Dimension
800.0, 767.0
Reference Pixel
400.0, 383.0
Scale
-4.50374910767e-05, 4.50374910767e-05
Rotation
-0.059999999999366824
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
eso0315e
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0315e.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-07-18T14:24:05+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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