Spiral galaxy Messier 83*
eso_eso0825a September 2nd, 2008
Credit: ESO
This dramatic image of the galaxy Messier 83 was captured by the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory, located high in the dry desert mountains of the Chilean Atacama Desert. Messier 83 lies roughly 15 million light-years away towards the huge southern constellation of Hydra (the sea serpent). It stretches over 40 000 light-years, making it roughly 2.5 times smaller than our own Milky Way. However, in some respects, Messier 83 is quite similar to our own galaxy. Both the Milky Way and Messier 83 possess a bar across their galactic nucleus, the dense spherical conglomeration of stars seen at the centre of the galaxies.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0825a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0825a
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- Messier 83
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2008-09-02T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0825a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 204.253788, -29.865715
- Reference Dimension
- 4432.0, 4432.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2144.63029412, 2277.64457805
- Scale
- -6.614272e-05, 6.614272e-05
- Rotation
- 0.02403841655
- 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
- eso0825a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0825a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2008-09-01T15:59:30+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
