Wide-field view of the region around galaxy NGC 3783

Eso_eso1327b_1024

eso_eso1327b June 20th, 2013

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. It shows the region of sky around the active galaxy NGC 3783 in the southern constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur). The galaxy is the face-on spiral right at the centre.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1327b/

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 3783
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy
Eso_eso1327b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 38m 59.1s
DEC = -37° 44’ 21.0”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
2.0 x 2.4 degrees
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
DSS2 (None) -
Eso_eso1327b_1280
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ID
eso1327b
Subject Category
D.5  
Subject Name
NGC 3783
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2013-06-20T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1327b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
174.746151824, -37.7391755231
Reference Dimension
6983.0, 8520.0
Reference Pixel
3491.0, 4260.0
Scale
-0.000282923036784, 0.000282923036784
Rotation
0.08
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
eso1327b
Metadata Date
2013-06-11T16:53:13+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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