Distant galaxies in "AXAF Deep Field"

Eso_eso0006b_1024

eso_eso0006b February 17th, 2000

Credit: ESO

This image is a combination of a K-band image from ANTU/ISAAC with two images obtained in the B and R bands with the SUSI-2 optical imager at the New Technology Telescope (NTT) on La Silla. Note the relatively high density of red galaxies, visible in the upper right part of this image. The colours of most of these galaxies are consistent with those of "evolved" galaxies, already present when the Universe was only 4 billions years old. The redshift, estimated on the basis of the measured colours of the mentioned over-density of yellow galaxies, is between 0.6 and 0.7 and that of the red galaxies is between 1 and 1.4.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0006b/

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 Type
Observation
Object Name
AXAF Deep Field
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso0006b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 32m 15.7s
DEC = -27° 47’ 25.7”
Orientation
North is 0.4° CW
Field of View
2.5 x 2.5 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (ISAAC) Infrared (K) -
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ID
eso0006b
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
AXAF Deep Field
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2000-02-17T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0006b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
ISAAC
Color Assignment
Red
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.0655178683, -27.7904676836
Reference Dimension
924.0, 900.0
Reference Pixel
462.0, 450.0
Scale
-4.55313076789e-05, 4.55313076789e-05
Rotation
-0.37999999999993861
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
eso0006b
Metadata Date
2016-07-15T13:05:10+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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