A giant galaxy

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eso_subheader-science-galaxies September 16th, 2020

Credit: ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen & S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard) (ESO)

This is an image of Centaurus A. The original version and description can be found in the ESO image archive.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/subheader-science-galaxies/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Centaurus A
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Activity > AGN
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 13h 25m 13.4s
DEC = -43° 1’ 22.4”
Orientation
North is 180.0° CW
Field of View
12.4 x 5.6 arcminutes
Constellation
Centaurus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (R) 648.0 nm
Green ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (V) 544.0 nm
Blue ESO-Danish-1.54m (DFOSC) Optical (B) 433.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
subheader-science-galaxies
Subject Category
C.5.3.2  
Subject Name
Centaurus A
Credits
ESO/IDA/Danish 1.5 m/R. Gendler, J.-E. Ovaldsen & S. Guisard (www.eso.org/~sguisard) (ESO)
Release Date
2020-09-16T15:52:35
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/subheader-science-galaxies/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope, Danish 1.54-metre telescope
Instrument
DFOSC, DFOSC, DFOSC
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
648, 544, 433
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
201.306027544, -43.0229005654
Reference Dimension
1920.0, 869.0
Reference Pixel
960.0, 434.5
Scale
-0.000107760780813, 0.000107760780813
Rotation
-179.96000000000049
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
subheader-science-galaxies
Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:18:21.212227
Metadata Version
1.1
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