Barred galaxy NGC 1365

Eso_eso9920f_1024

eso_eso9920f February 27th, 1999

Credit: ESO

This is a true-colour image of the major part of NGC 1365, combined from three exposures with the FORS1 multi-mode instrument at VLT UT1, in the B (blue), V (green) and R (red) optical bands. The exposure times were 360, 180 and 140 seconds, respectively. The image quality is about 0.8 arcsec. The field measures about 7 x 7 arcmin 2. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920f/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1365
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Galaxy > Type > Barred
Eso_eso9920f_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 33m 36.3s
DEC = -36° 8’ 27.7”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View
6.8 x 6.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) 655.0 nm
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (V) 557.0 nm
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) 440.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso9920f
Subject Category
C.5.1.1   C.5.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 1365
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1999-02-27T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920f/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
655, 557, 440
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.401181, -36.141038
Reference Dimension
2039.0, 2037.0
Reference Pixel
941.964067203, 1002.31543041
Scale
-5.558951e-05, 5.558951e-05
Rotation
0.25089778536
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
eso9920f
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9920f.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:49:38+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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