A spiral galaxy in Leo

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eso_eso1129a August 10th, 2011

Credit: ESO/O. Maliy

This picture of the nearby galaxy NGC 3521 was taken using the FORS1 instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. The large spiral galaxy lies in the constellation of Leo (The Lion), and is only 35 million light-years distant. This picture was created from exposures taken through three different filters that passed blue light, yellow/green light, and near-infrared light. These are shown in this picture as blue, green, and red, respectively.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1129a/

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 3521
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 11h 5m 46.3s
DEC = 0° 1’ 52.0”
Orientation
North is 90.0° CW
Field of View
6.8 x 6.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Leo

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Infrared (I) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1129a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 3521
Credits
ESO/O. Maliy
Release Date
2011-08-10T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1129a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
300, 300, 300
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
166.442980956, -0.0311222163477
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1280.0
Reference Pixel
711.0, 529.0
Scale
-8.89282243264e-05, 8.89282243264e-05
Rotation
-90.00500779217772
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
eso1129a
Metadata Date
2011-08-05T09:14:18+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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