HAWK-I infrared image of the spectacular barred spiral galaxy NGC 1365*

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eso_eso1038a September 22nd, 2010

Credit: ESO/P. Grosbøl

This striking new image, taken with the powerful HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile, shows NGC 1365. This beautiful barred spiral galaxy is part of the Fornax cluster of galaxies, and lies about 60 million light-years from Earth. The picture was created from images taken through Y, J, H and K filters and the exposure times were 4, 4, 7 and 12 minutes respectively. This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1038a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1365
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Type > Barred
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 33m 36.3s
DEC = -36° 8’ 28.3”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
6.5 x 6.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (K) -
Green VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (H) -
Cyan VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (J) -
Blue VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (Y) -
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ID
eso1038a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 1365
Credits
ESO/P. Grosbøl
Release Date
2010-09-22T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1038a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Approximate distance in light years from ESO.
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
HAWK-I, HAWK-I, HAWK-I, HAWK-I
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Cyan, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
K, H, J, Y
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.401355, -36.141181
Reference Dimension
3655.0, 3628.0
Reference Pixel
1912.10683386, 1857.69052803
Scale
-2.962469e-05, 2.962469e-05
Rotation
0.14843176178
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
eso1038a
Metadata Date
2010-08-20T12:16:25+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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