Radio galaxy MRC 0406-244

Eso_eso9805e_1024

eso_eso9805e January 29th, 1998

Credit: ESO

This is another 'jittered' image of a 5x5 arcmin field, this time in a Ks (2.16 micron) filter and showing the radio galaxy MRC 0406-244 (redshift z = 2.4); it is identified by the arrow. North is at the top and East to the left; the scale is 0.29 arcsec/pixel and the FWHM of point sources in this re-combined set of 38 1-min exposures is about 0.7 arcsec. A K = 21 mag point source yields a signal-to-noise ratio of 4 within a 1.5 arcsec diameter aperture.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9805e/

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
MRC 0406-244
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy
Eso_eso9805e_128
 

Position Details

Position (FK5)
RA = 4h 8m 51.4s
DEC = -24° 18’ 17.6”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
4.0 x 3.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor NTT (SOFI) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Eso_eso9805e_1280
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ID
eso9805e
Subject Category
C.5  
Subject Name
MRC 0406-244
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1998-01-29T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9805e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance from NED
Facility
New Technology Telescope
Instrument
SOFI
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
2160
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
FK5
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
62.214296, -24.304886
Reference Dimension
412.0, 402.0
Reference Pixel
192.186179623, 173.218507135
Scale
-0.00016078594, 0.00016078594
Rotation
0.08468637902
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
eso9805e
Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:27:15.648738
Metadata Version
1.1
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