NGC 1365 central region

Eso_eso9920i_1024

eso_eso9920i February 27th, 1999

Credit: ESO

This is an enlargement of an image obtained by FORS1 in the light of H-alpha emission of ionized hydrogen, and here processed to show the central region of NGC1365 in great detail. The star-forming regions in this area show up as knots. The nucleus itself is very bright. An analysis has shown that the matter density in the very central region is very high and there are motions with internal velocities up to about 2000 km/sec. The nucleus probably contains a very massive black hole. North is to the upper right and East is to the upper left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920i/

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_eso9920i_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 33m 36.1s
DEC = -36° 8’ 23.1”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.1 x 1.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VLT (FORS1) Optical (H-alpha) -
Eso_eso9920i_1280
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ID
eso9920i
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/eso9920i/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
900
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.400543734, -36.1397437502
Reference Dimension
2876.0, 2857.0
Reference Pixel
1438.0, 1428.0
Scale
-6.43076874554e-06, 6.43076874554e-06
Rotation
-0.020000000000250751
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
eso9920i
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9920i.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:28:01+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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