Starforming galaxy at redshift 0.62

Eso_eso9856h_1024

eso_eso9856h November 26th, 1998

Credit: ESO

This image is an infrared spectrum showing the Hydrogen-alpha (0.6563µm) emission line (indicated with an arrow), shifted to 1.06µm in a star-forming galaxy at redshift z = 0.62, discovered in the CFRS survey. The total integration time with ISAAC was only 1 hour.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9856h/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
CFRS survey Spectrum
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy
Cosmology > Morphology > Deep Field

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (Near-IR) 1.1 µm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Eso_eso9856h_1280
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ID
eso9856h
Subject Category
D.5   D.6.1.1  
Subject Name
CFRS survey, Spectrum
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1998-11-26T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9856h/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
ISAAC
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
1060
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2996.0, 2479.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso9856h
Metadata Date
2010-02-26T17:21:26+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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