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Centaurus A – Field 2 (detail)

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eso_eso0315g June 10th, 2003

Credit: ESO

Zoomed-in area within "Field 2" (Halo) in Centaurus A, from the ISAAC colour image. Nearly all red stars in this area are of the variable Mira-type.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0315g/

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: Centaurus A • NGC 5128
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Elliptical; Galaxy > Component > Halo

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 25m 20.3s; DEC = -43° 9’ 39.8”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.3 x 0.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (K)	2.2 µm
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (J)	1.2 µm

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ID: eso0315g
Subject Category: C.5.1.4 C.5.4.4
Subject Name: Centaurus A, NGC 5128
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2003-06-10T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0315g/

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

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 201.334420272, -43.1610662999
Reference Dimension: 787.0, 824.0

Reference Pixel: 393.0, 412.0
Scale: -6.61367837679e-06, 6.61367837679e-06
Rotation: 0.040000000000000896
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso0315g

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0315g.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-07-18T14:26:43+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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