NGC 1365 central region in infrared light

Eso_eso9920j_1024

eso_eso9920j February 27th, 1999

Credit: ESO

As seen in this composite image, based on exposures in two infrared-wavebands with the ISAAC multi-mode instrument, the nucleus is also very bright in infrared light. Moreover, this infrared view penetrates further into the obscuring dust to reveal several intriguing, red objects. The reddest two to the N-NE coincide with very compact and intense radio sources which are probably supernova remnants. In others, we are seeing the radiation from dust heated by Super Star Clusters. Combination of 15-min Ks (2.16 µm) and L(3.8 µm) band images made with the Long Wavelength arm plus chopping at the telescope secondary mirror. The field is 17 x 16.5 arcsec 2 with North at the top and East to the left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920j/

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 > Activity > AGN > Seyfert

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (L) 3.8 µm
VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (K) 2.1 µm
Spectrum_base
Eso_eso9920j_1280
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ID
eso9920j
Subject Category
C.5.3.2.2  
Subject Name
NGC 1365
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1999-02-27T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920j/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
ISAAC, ISAAC
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
L, K
Central Wavelength
3800, 2100
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2896.0, 2777.0
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
eso9920j
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9920j.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:51:08+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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