Ground-based image of M83 Taken at ESO in La Silla, Chile

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esahubble_opo0929c November 5th, 2009

Credit: ESO

This is an image of the galaxy M83, taken by the European Southern Observatory's Wide Field Imager on the ESO/MPG 2.2-metre telescope at La Silla, Chile.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0929c/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 83
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 36m 58.3s
DEC = -29° 53’ 2.0”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
12.2 x 15.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Hydra

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (R) -
Green MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) -
Blue MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (B) -
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ID
opo0929c
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 83
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2009-11-05T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/opo0929c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
204.242840559, -29.8838858065
Reference Dimension
3077.0, 4004.0
Reference Pixel
1538.5, 2002.0
Scale
-6.61425975606e-05, 6.61425975606e-05
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
opo0929c
Metadata Date
2019-10-07T11:12:15.775241
Metadata Version
1.1
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