Messier 100 and supernova SN 2006X

Eso_eso-m100_1024

eso_eso-m100 December 3rd, 2009

Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. C. Thöne and C. Féron

Similar in appearance to our own Milky Way, Messier 100 is a grand spiral galaxy that presents an intricate structure, with a bright core and two prominent arms. The galaxy harbours numerous young and hot massive stars as well as extremely hot regions of ionised hydrogen. Two smaller arms are seen emerging from the centre and reaching towards the larger spiral arms. The galaxy, located 60 million light-years away, is slightly larger than the Milky Way, with a diameter of about 120,000 light-years. A supernova was discovered in M100 on 4 February 2006. Named SN 2006X, it is the 5th supernova to have been found in M100 since 1900. This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5 m Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters (B: 1390 s, V: 480 s, R: 245 s). The supernova is the brighter of the two stars seen just to the lower right of the galaxy centre.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso-m100/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 100 SN 2006X
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso-m100_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 22m 52.1s
DEC = 15° 49’ 28.2”
Orientation
North is 45.2° CCW
Field of View
12.4 x 12.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (R) 648.87 nm
Green ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (V) 544.8 nm
Blue ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (B) 433.57 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Eso_eso-m100_1280
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ID
eso-m100
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 100, SN 2006X
Credits
ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen, C. C. Thöne and C. Féron
Release Date
2009-12-03T23:18:21
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso-m100/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
DFOSC, DFOSC, DFOSC
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
648.87, 544.80, 433.57
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
185.717230197, 15.8244926169
Reference Dimension
1879.0, 1955.0
Reference Pixel
998.1108, 1023.06357
Scale
-0.000109787129284, 0.000109787129284
Rotation
45.199250714100138
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
eso-m100
Metadata Date
2009-03-27T18:15:36+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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