The surroundings of the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055

Eso_eso1707b_1024

eso_eso1707b March 1st, 2017

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This rich wide-field view captures not only the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055 at the centre but also the bright galaxy NGC 1068 (also known as Messier 77, it is an active galaxy with a huge black hole at its centre) to its lower-left, the fainter galaxy NGC 1032 to the upper right and the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1073 to the upper left. In addition, much closer to home, the bright naked-eye blue star Delta Ceti appears at the right of centre. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1707b/

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
NGC 1055
Subject - Milky Way
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso1707b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 41m 47.1s
DEC = 0° 26’ 47.5”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
4.0 x 3.7 degrees
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) -
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso1707b_1280
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ID
eso1707b
Subject Category
B.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1055
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2017-03-01T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1707b/
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, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
40.4464382732, 0.446529488817
Reference Dimension
14208.0, 13308.0
Reference Pixel
7104.0, 6654.0
Scale
-0.00027951538445, 0.00027951538445
Rotation
0.039999999999999994
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
eso1707b
Metadata Date
2017-02-10T12:13:08+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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