Intracluster planetary nebulae in the SUC field in the Virgo Cluster

Eso_eso0431b_1024

eso_eso0431b October 22nd, 2004

Credit: ESO

Zoomed in view of the pointing relative to the SUC field. The image shows a 30 x 30 arcminute field centred on the Messier 86/ Messier 84 region of the Virgo cluster. The brighter galaxies in the field are (clockwise from the left) M86, M84 and NGC 4388. Their systemic velocities are -244, 1060 and 2524 km/s, respectively. Here the envelopes of bright galaxies are subtracted as much as possible for the detection of planetary nebulae embedded there. The larges circle indicates the FLAMES field-of-view. Intracluster planetary nebula candidates are marked by circles and show a highly non-uniform distribution in this field. The numbers near each circle indicate the measured line-of-sight velocity for that intracluster planetary nebula. The colour code used is blue for velocities smaller than the M84 systemic velocity (1060 km/s), red for larger velocities.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0431b/

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
Virgo Cluster
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue VLT (FLAMES) Optical (O III) 480.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Eso_eso0431b_1280
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ID
eso0431b
Subject Category
C.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Virgo Cluster
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-10-22T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0431b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FLAMES
Color Assignment
Blue
Band
Optical
Bandpass
O III
Central Wavelength
480
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2580.0, 1835.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso0431b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0431b.tif
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Metadata Date
2016-07-19T08:54:29+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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