Wide-field image of the sky around Messier 77

eso_eso1720c July 5th, 2017

Credit: NASA/ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey shows spiral galaxy Messier 77 and its surroundings. Messier 77 appears at the centre and the edge-on galaxy NGC 1055 to its upper-right.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1720c/

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: Messier 77
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 2h 42m 40.7s; DEC = 0° 0’ 45.4”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	797.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	660.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	467.0 nm

ID: eso1720c
Subject Category: C.5.3.2.2
Subject Name: Messier 77
Credits: NASA/ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2017-07-05T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1720c/

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: 797, 660, 467

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 40.6694599648, -0.0126154041837
Reference Dimension: 10693.0, 10714.0

Reference Pixel: 5346.0, 5357.0
Scale: -0.00027995688655, 0.00027995688655
Rotation: 0.15999999999999998
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

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: eso1720c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1720c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-03-05T10:42:45+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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