The sky around the active galaxy Markarian 1018
eso_eso1631b September 15th, 2016
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
This wide-field image shows the sky around the faint active galaxy Markarian 1018. The picture was assembled from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The galaxy itself is at the centre of the picture and faint evidence of its recent merger can be seen in the form of tails and loops.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1631b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1631b
- Subject Category
- C.5.3.2.2
- Subject Name
- Markarian 1018
- Credits
- ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
- Release Date
- 2016-09-15T16:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1631b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R+IR, B+R, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 31.5673209136, -0.284659419838
- Reference Dimension
- 9996.0, 10450.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4998.0, 5225.0
- Scale
- -0.000283242306907, 0.000283242306907
- Rotation
- -0.02
- 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
- eso1631b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1631b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2016-09-07T17:41:40+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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