NGC 1365-R

Eso_eso9920h_1024

eso_eso9920h February 27th, 1999

Credit: ESO

This view of the inner area of NGC 1365 was obtained through a red (R) optical filter with the VLT Test Camera (TC), mounted at one of the Nasmyth foci of VLT UT1. Dark dust clouds that obscure the light from objects behind them are seen along the bar and spiral arms. The gravitational action of the bar structure drives the large dust lanes into the nuclear region where intense star forming activity takes place. The exposure time was 900 seconds and the image quality is 0.5 arcsec (FWHM). North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920h/

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_eso9920h_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 33m 38.2s
DEC = -36° 8’ 36.6”
Orientation
North is 36.8° CCW
Field of View
1.2 x 1.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VLT (Test Camera) Optical (R) 640.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Eso_eso9920h_1280
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ID
eso9920h
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/eso9920h/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
Test Camera
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
R
Central Wavelength
640
Start Time
Integration Time
900
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.4091357733, -36.1434891226
Reference Dimension
2860.0, 2824.0
Reference Pixel
1430.0, 1412.0
Scale
-7.26355083983e-06, 7.26355083983e-06
Rotation
36.820000000000029
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
eso9920h
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9920h.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:26:28+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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