Spiral galaxy IC 4248

Eso_eso9923c_1024

eso_eso9923c April 7th, 1999

Credit: ESO

Somewhat further out in space, and right on the border between the southern constellations Hydra and Centaurus lies this knotty spiral galaxy, IC 4248 ; the distance is about 210 million light-years. The photo is a composite, based on three exposures (Blue - 600 sec; Yellow-Green - 300 sec; Red - 300 sec) obtained with KUEYEN on March 28, 1999. The image quality is 0.75 arcsec and the field is 90 x 90 arcsec 2. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9923c/

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
IC 4248
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso9923c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 26m 47.3s
DEC = -29° 52’ 52.6”
Orientation
North is 2.3° CW
Field of View
1.4 x 1.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (None) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (None) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (None) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso9923c_1280
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ID
eso9923c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
IC 4248
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1999-04-07T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9923c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
300, 300, 600
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
201.697045, -29.881286
Reference Dimension
2828.0, 2908.0
Reference Pixel
1517.45144617, 1601.55584608
Scale
-8.30242e-06, 8.30242e-06
Rotation
-2.32214913882
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Position
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
eso9923c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9923c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:49:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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