MUSE view of the ram-pressure stripped galaxy ESO 137-001

Eso_eso1437a_1024

eso_eso1437a November 10th, 2014

Credit: ESO/M. Fumagalli

The MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope has provided researchers with the best view yet of a spectacular cosmic crash. Observations reveal for the first time the motion of gas as it is ripped out of the galaxy ESO 137-001 as it ploughs at high speed into a vast galaxy cluster. The results are the key to the solution of a long-standing mystery — why star formation switches off in galaxy clusters. In this picture the colours show the motions of the gas filaments — red means the material is moving away from Earth compared to the galaxy and blue that it is approaching. Note that the upper-left and lower-right parts of this picture have been filled in using the Hubble image of this object.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1437a/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ESO 137-001
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Eso_eso1437a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 13m 22.2s
DEC = -60° 45’ 15.2”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
2.1 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Triangulum Australe

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (MUSE) Optical -
Eso_eso1437a_1280
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ID
eso1437a
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
ESO 137-001
Credits
ESO/M. Fumagalli
Release Date
2014-11-10T01:01:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1437a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
MUSE
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Optical
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
243.342481339, -60.7542336959
Reference Dimension
616.0, 590.0
Reference Pixel
308.0, 295.0
Scale
-5.56312025611e-05, 5.56312025611e-05
Rotation
-0.039999999999999938
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
eso1437a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1437a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2014-11-05T16:31:26+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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