NGC 1068 and friends

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eso_ngc1068-serc December 3rd, 2009

Credit: ESO

A survey of the sky captured on film by ESO's 1-m Schmidt Telescope. In the left-centre, the galaxy NGC 1068 is visible, among other galactic oases. What looks like the largest object (right-centre) in the picture is actually a star many magnitudes closer than the background galaxies. Satellites passing overhead during the exposure left telltale thin red lines on the image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1068-serc/

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
Messier 77 NGC 1068
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_ngc1068-serc_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 41m 53.3s
DEC = 0° 9’ 2.9”
Orientation
North is 1.6° CW
Field of View
2.7 x 2.4 degrees
Constellation
Cetus
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ID
ngc1068-serc
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Messier 77, NGC 1068
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2009-12-03T23:22:27
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1068-serc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NED
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
40.47198584, 0.150811100242
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1147.0
Reference Pixel
611.0, 516.0
Scale
-0.0020713153296, 0.0020713153296
Rotation
-1.57713320786
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
ngc1068-serc
Metadata Date
2009-06-09T13:44:28+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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