Measuring motions in three distant galaxies

Eso_eso0910b_1024

eso_eso0910b March 10th, 2009

Credit: ESO/Hammer et al.

NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope images of the three galaxies studied by a team of astronomers who try to understand how galaxies formed when the Universe was half its current age (upper panels). The same galaxies were then studied with the FLAMES/GIRAFFE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) to probe the motions of gas in these objects (lower panels). Parts which are red are moving away from us, while those that are blue are moving towards us. By studying at these motions in detail, the astronomers try to read the history book of the Universe.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0910b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Galaxies • Hubble Space Telescope
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (FLAMES) Optical -
The top images were supplied by the Hubble Space Telescope. FLAMES/GIRAFFE aboard the VLT provided the bottom pictures.
Eso_eso0910b_1280
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ID
eso0910b
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
Galaxies, Hubble Space Telescope
Credits
ESO/Hammer et al.
Release Date
2009-03-10T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0910b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
N/A
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FLAMES
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
T
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1960.0, 1280.0
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
eso0910b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0910b.tif
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Metadata Date
2009-03-10T13:47:38+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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