Wide-field view of the sky around NGC 3169 and NGC 3166

Eso_eso1114c_1024

eso_eso1114c April 20th, 2011

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This visible-light wide-field image of the region around NGC 3169 and NGC 3166 was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The disturbed galactic pair appears close to the centre and several other galaxies are visible in the surrounding sky. The field of view is approximately 1.8 degrees across.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1114c/

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 3166 NGC 3169
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Eso_eso1114c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 14m 13.6s
DEC = 3° 21’ 33.4”
Orientation
North is 1.6° CW
Field of View
1.9 x 1.9 degrees
Constellation
Sextans

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso1114c_1280
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ID
eso1114c
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
NGC 3166, NGC 3169
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2011-04-20T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1114c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
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
153.556823216, 3.35928064471
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1219.0
Reference Pixel
644.0, 534.0
Scale
-0.00152113802446, 0.00152113802446
Rotation
-1.57207991004
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
eso1114c
Metadata Date
2011-04-14T16:54:47+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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