Supernova 2005dh and spiral galaxy NGC 1559
eso_eso0527a August 24th, 2005
Credit: ESO
Colour-composite image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1559 in the Reticulum constellation, obtained with the multi-mode FORS1 instrument on ESO's 8.2m VLT. The supernova, SN 2005df, is visible as the bright star just above the galaxy. Many background galaxies can also be seen in this image.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0527a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0527a
- Subject Category
- C.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- NGC 1559, SN 2005df
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2005-08-24T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0527a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
- Color Assignment
- Magenta, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, I, R, V
- Central Wavelength
- 660, 768, 655, 557
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 64.405671, -62.784163
- Reference Dimension
- 2030.0, 1598.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1043.33516243, 744.780587463
- Scale
- -5.5607e-05, 5.5607e-05
- Rotation
- -0.04924277874
- 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
- eso0527a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0527a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-07T16:48:23+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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