eso_ngc3627-muse-cc July 16th, 2021
Credit: ESO/PHANGS
This image of the nearby galaxy NGC 3627, taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), combines green, red and infrared filters to reveal the distribution of stars. NGC 3627 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 31 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Leo. The images were taken as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) project, which is making high-resolution observations of nearby galaxies with telescopes operating across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc3627-muse-cc/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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