SINFONI observations of NGC 6240

Eso_eso0426n_1024

eso_eso0426n August 24th, 2004

Credit: ESO

The galaxy merger system NGC 6240 was observed with SINFONI in the K-band (wavelength 2 µm). This object has two nuclei; the image of the southern one is also shown enlarged, together with the corresponding spectrum. The width of each slitlet was 0.025 arcsec and the seeing was 0.8 arcsec. The total integration time on the galaxy was 80 min. The false-colours in the images represent regions of different surface brightness.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0426n/

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
NGC 6240 Spectrum
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Seyfert

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (SINFONI) Infrared (K) 2.0 µm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Eso_eso0426n_1280
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ID
eso0426n
Subject Category
C.5.3.2.2  
Subject Name
NGC 6240, Spectrum
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-08-24T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0426n/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
SINFONI
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
2000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
981.0, 587.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso0426n
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:29:03+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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