Colour composite image of distant galaxy SXDF-NB1006-2

eso_eso1620c June 16th, 2016

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NAOJ

Light from ionised oxygen detected by ALMA is shown in green. Light from ionised hydrogen detected by the Subaru Telescope and ultraviolet light detected by the UK Infrared Telescope (UKIRT) are shown in blue and red, respectively.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1620c/

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
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 2h 18m 56.5s; DEC = -5° 19’ 58.9”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
UKIRT (WFCAM)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm
Subaru (Suprime-Cam)	Infrared (z′)	1.0 µm
ALMA (None)	Millimeter (OIII)	88.0 µm

ID: eso1620c
Subject Category: D.5
Subject Name
Credits: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), NAOJ

Release Date: 2016-06-16T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1620c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: UKIRT, Subaru Telescope, Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
Instrument: WFCAM, Suprime-Cam, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue, Green

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Millimeter
Bandpass: J, z′, OIII
Central Wavelength: 1255.6, 1006, 88000

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 34.7355667, -5.3330333
Reference Dimension: 514.0, 421.0

Reference Pixel: 257.0, 210.0
Scale: -1.90517749533e-06, 1.90517749533e-06
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org
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Telephone
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: eso1620c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1620c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-06-15T08:38:12+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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