The colossal cosmic eye NGC 1350

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eso_eso0532a September 29th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Colour-composite of the spiral galaxy NGC 1350 taken with FORS2 at the ESO Very Large Telescope. The image, totalling 16 minutes of observations, clearly reveals the delicate structures in this gigantic "eye" as well as many background galaxies.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0532a/

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
NGC 1350
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 31m 6.1s
DEC = -33° 37’ 57.1”
Orientation
North is 254.9° CCW
Field of View
8.1 x 5.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Fornax

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Infrared (I) -
Orange VLT (FORS2) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0532a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1350
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-09-29T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0532a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED.
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
52.7752155273, -33.6325375803
Reference Dimension
2593.0, 1584.0
Reference Pixel
1174.89324, 798.117132
Scale
-5.23126172911e-05, 5.23126172911e-05
Rotation
254.85999999999993
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
eso0532a
Metadata Date
2009-01-07T16:23:12+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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