Planetary nebulae in galaxy Messier 87

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eso_eso1525b June 25th, 2015

Credit: A. Longobardi (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik)/C. Mihos (Case Western Reserve University)/ESO

The red and blue dots mark the position of the planetary nebulae whose motion revealed that Messier 87 has recently been struck by another, smaller galaxy, which has now fully merged with it. Those marked in red are moving away from us, and the blue ones toward us with respect to the galaxy as a whole.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1525b/

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
Messier 87
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Elliptical
Nebula > Type > Planetary
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 30m 49.3s
DEC = 12° 23’ 27.9”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.6 x 1.6 degrees
Constellation
Virgo
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ID
eso1525b
Subject Category
C.5.1.4   C.4.1.3  
Subject Name
Messier 87
Credits
A. Longobardi (Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik)/C. Mihos (Case Western Reserve University)/ESO
Release Date
2015-06-25T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1525b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
900
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
187.705310193, 12.3910809839
Reference Dimension
4001.0, 4000.0
Reference Pixel
2000.5, 2000.0
Scale
-0.000402634349248, 0.000402634349248
Rotation
-0.02754486679860723
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
eso1525b
Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:21:13.424060
Metadata Version
1.1
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