Deep image of a region in Fornax

Eso_eso0521a_1024

eso_eso0521a June 30th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Composite image taken in two bands (B and R) with VLT/FORS1 of a small portion of the sky (field-of-view 7x7' or 1/15th of the area of the full moon). The faintest object seen in the image has a magnitude 26 ; that is, it is 100 million times fainter than what can be observed with the unaided eye. The bright elliptical galaxy in the lower left quadrant is a dwarf galaxy that is part of a large nearby cluster in the Fornax constellation. As for all deep images of the sky, this field shows a variety of objects, the brightest punctual sources being stars from our galaxy. By far the field is dominated by thousands of faint background galaxies, the colours of which are related to the age of their dominant stellar population, their dust content and their distance. An Einstein ring is visible in the top right part of the image. ESO Press Photo eso0521b zooms-in on the position of the newly found cosmic mirage.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0521a/

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
Fornax Cluster
Subject - Distant Universe
Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_eso0521a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 33m 9.8s
DEC = -35° 59’ 6.2”
Orientation
North is 1.6° CW
Field of View
6.7 x 5.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0521a
Subject Category
D.5.5.3  
Subject Name
Fornax Cluster
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-06-30T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0521a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
53.2908220695, -35.9850642814
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1080.0
Reference Pixel
611.0, 631.0
Scale
-8.75299797618e-05, 8.75299797618e-05
Rotation
-1.57055378364
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
eso0521a
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T10:45:07+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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