Wide-field view of the giant galaxy Centaurus A
eso_eso1519c May 13th, 2015
Credit: ESO,ESA/Hubble, NASA. Digitized Sky Survey. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin
This huge elliptical galaxy NGC 5128 (also known as Centaurus A) is the closest such galaxy to the Earth, at a distance of about 12 million light-years. Observations with ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered a new class of “dark” globular star clusters around this galaxy.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1519c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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DSS2 (None) | Optical (B) | - |
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DSS2 (None) | Optical (V) | - |
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DSS2 (None) | Infrared (I) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (B) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (R) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (H-alpha) | - |
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DSS2 (WFI) | Optical (V) | - |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical ([OIII]) | - |
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Hubble (ACS) | Optical (F606W) | - |
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Hubble (ACS) | Infrared (F814W) | - |
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- ID
- eso1519c
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.4
- Subject Name
- Centaurus A
- Credits
- ESO,ESA/Hubble, NASA. Digitized Sky Survey. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin
- Release Date
- 2015-05-13T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1519c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Digitized Sky Survey 2, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
- Instrument
- None, None, None, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, ACS, ACS
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red, Blue, Orange, Red, Green, Blue, Cyan, Orange
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
- Bandpass
- B, V, I, B, R, H-alpha, V, [OIII], F606W, F814W
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 201.383383868, -43.0266185227
- Reference Dimension
- 7678.0, 3982.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3839.0, 1991.0
- Scale
- -0.000283117419681, 0.000283117419681
- Rotation
- -1.7000000000000011
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso1519c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1519c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2014-07-17T16:20:46+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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