An infrared/visible comparison view of Messier 83
eso_eso1020c May 19th, 2010
Credit: ESO/M. Gieles. Acknowledgement: Mischa Schirmer
This image is a comparison of the view of the galaxy Messier 83 in visible and infrared light. The visible light image (right) was taken with the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla in Chile. The new infrared image (left) was taken with the HAWK-I instrument on the VLT at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. In the infrared, the dust that obscures many stars becomes nearly transparent, making the spiral arms less dramatic, but revealing a whole host of new stars that are otherwise invisible.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1020c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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VLT (HAWK-I) | Infrared (J) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (B) | - |
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VLT (HAWK-I) | Infrared (H) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (V) | - |
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VLT (HAWK-I) | Infrared (K) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (R) | - |
| WFI optical data refers to the right image, Hawk-I data refers to the left image. | |||
- ID
- eso1020c
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- Messier 83
- Credits
- ESO/M. Gieles. Acknowledgement: Mischa Schirmer
- Release Date
- 2010-05-19T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1020c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Very Large Telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Very Large Telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- HAWK-I, WFI, HAWK-I, WFI, HAWK-I, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Green, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- J, B, H, V, K, R
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- W
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 6886.0, 3479.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- 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
- eso1020c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1020c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-05-04T15:51:21+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
