Wide-field view of the region around the Antennae Galaxies

eso_eso1137f October 3rd, 2011

Credit: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

This image is a wide-field colour composite of region of sky around the Antennae Galaxies made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is 2.8 x 2.8 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1137f/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Antennae Galaxies • NGC 4038 • NGC 4039
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Interacting

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 1m 52.5s; DEC = -18° 52’ 3.0”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View: 2.9 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation: Corvus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)		-

ID: eso1137f
Subject Category: C.5.1.7
Subject Name: Antennae Galaxies, NGC 4038, NGC 4039
Credits: ESA/Hubble and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgements: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble)

Release Date: 2011-10-03T11:30:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1137f/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None
Color Assignment

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Bandpass
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 180.468947, -18.86749
Reference Dimension: 10208.0, 10356.0

Reference Pixel: 5197.53740122, 5169.33976848
Scale: -0.00027974154, 0.00027974154
Rotation: 0.26590851394
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1137f

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1137f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-10-13T16:34:34+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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