M100 / NGC 4321

Eso_eso0209h_1024

eso_eso0209h March 13th, 2002

Credit: ESO

Messier 100, also known as NGC 4321, is one of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies in the sky, located at about 50 million light-years from us. A composite VRI image obtained on March 3, 2002. The individual exposures lasted 180 seconds, image quality 0.7 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin2 ; North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209h/

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
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso0209h_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 22m 54.0s
DEC = 15° 49’ 42.3”
Orientation
North is 1.6° CW
Field of View
6.2 x 6.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Coma Berenices

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (VIMOS) Infrared (I) -
Green VLT (VIMOS) Optical (R) -
Blue VLT (VIMOS) Optical (V) -
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ID
eso0209h
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 100
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2002-03-13T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0209h/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
VIMOS, VIMOS, VIMOS
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, V
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
185.724926264, 15.8284192688
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1281.0
Reference Pixel
691.0, 718.0
Scale
-8.04722307939e-05, 8.04722307939e-05
Rotation
-1.57100980212
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
eso0209h
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:28:35+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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