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VST snaps a very detailed view of the Triangulum Galaxy

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eso_eso1424a August 6th, 2014

Credit: ESO

The VLT Survey Telescope (VST) at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile has captured this beautifully detailed image of the galaxy Messier 33, often called the Triangulum Galaxy. This nearby spiral, the second closest large galaxy to our own galaxy, the Milky Way, is packed with bright star clusters, and clouds of gas and dust. This picture is amongst the most detailed wide-field views of this object ever taken and shows the many glowing red gas clouds in the spiral arms with particular clarity.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1424a/

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: M 33 • Messier 33 • Triangulum Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 33m 52.1s; DEC = 30° 40’ 26.2”
Orientation: North is 90.0° CCW
Field of View: 1.1 x 1.0 degrees
Constellation: Triangulum

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (g)	-
	VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (r)	-
	VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (H-alpha)	-

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ID: eso1424a
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: M 33, Messier 33, Triangulum Galaxy
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2014-08-06T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1424a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope
Instrument: OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM
Color Assignment: Cyan, Orange, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: g, r, H-alpha
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 23.4671516274, 30.6739356771
Reference Dimension: 19058.0, 15983.0

Reference Pixel: 9529.0, 7991.5
Scale: -5.94772254824e-05, 5.94772254824e-05
Rotation: 90.0000000000002
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1424a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1424a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2014-07-15T18:01:49+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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