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VST image of the Fornax galaxy cluster

Eso_eso1612a_1024

eso_eso1612a April 13th, 2016

Credit: ESO. Acknowledgement: Aniello Grado and Luca Limatola

The Fornax Galaxy Cluster is one of the closest of such groupings beyond our Local Group of galaxies. This new VLT Survey Telescope image shows the central part of the cluster in great detail. At the lower-right is the elegant barred-spiral galaxy NGC 1365 and to the left the big elliptical NGC 1399.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1612a/

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: Fornax Cluster
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 35m 31.2s; DEC = -35° 34’ 32.0”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 2.0 x 1.4 degrees
Constellation: Fornax

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (U)	-
	VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (G)	-
	VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (I)	-

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ID: eso1612a
Subject Category: C.5.5.3
Subject Name: Fornax Cluster
Credits: ESO. Acknowledgement: Aniello Grado and Luca Limatola

Release Date: 2016-04-13T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1612a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope
Instrument: OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: U, G, I
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 53.8801147118, -35.5755569939
Reference Dimension: 34676.0, 24237.0

Reference Pixel: 17338.0, 12118.5
Scale: -5.83303310079e-05, 5.83303310079e-05
Rotation: 0.20000000000000248
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: eso1612a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1612a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-04-07T08:52:40+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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