Spiral galaxy NGC 1232

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eso_ngc1232b December 3rd, 2009

Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R.Gendler and A. Hornstrup.

The striking, large spiral galaxy NGC 1232, and its distorted companion shaped like the greek letter "theta". The pair is located roughly 60 million light-years away in the constellation Eridanus (The River). Billions of stars and dark dust are caught up in this beautiful gravitational swirl. The blue spiral arms with their many young stars and star-forming regions make a striking contrast with the yellow-reddish core of older stars. This image is based on data acquired with the 1.5 m Danish telescope at the ESO La Silla Observatory in Chile, through three filters (B: 900 s, V: 400 s, R: 400 s).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1232b/

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 1232
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_ngc1232b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 3h 9m 52.3s
DEC = -20° 34’ 21.9”
Orientation
North is 45.0° CW
Field of View
13.6 x 13.3 arcminutes
Constellation
Eridanus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red ESO-Danish-1.54m (None) Optical (R) -
Green ESO-Danish-1.54m (None) Optical (V) -
Blue ESO-Danish-1.54m (None) Optical (B) -
Eso_ngc1232b_1280
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ID
ngc1232b
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1232
Credits
ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R.Gendler and A. Hornstrup.
Release Date
2009-12-03T23:18:12
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1232b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
47.4680938784, -20.5727578338
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1260.0
Reference Pixel
564.0, 753.0
Scale
-0.000176461416964, 0.000176461416964
Rotation
-45
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
ngc1232b
Metadata Date
2010-10-20T15:39:44+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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