Anatomy of a bird

Image taken with the NACO instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope in the K-band. Also indicated are the different parts of the 'Bird'. There is a barred spiral galaxy at the heart of the Bird, and a strongly disturbed massive galaxy just south of it, while the head of the Bird consists of an irregular galaxy with very active star formation. The wings span a region in space of about 100,000 light-years, as much as our own Milky Way. North is up and East is to the left. The image covers about 25 x 25 arcsec.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0755b
Type:Observation
Date de publication:21 décembre 2007
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0755
Taille:1251 x 1071 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:ESO 593-IG 008, The Bird
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Distance:650 million années lumière
Constellation:Sagittarius
Catégorie:Galaxies

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
326,4 Kio
JPEG taille écran
161,0 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
206,1 Kio
1280x1024
339,8 Kio
1600x1200
465,6 Kio
1920x1200
521,0 Kio
2048x1536
691,9 Kio

Coordinates

Position (RA):19 14 31.08
Position (Dec):-21° 19' 9.36"
Field of view:0.70 x 0.60 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 2.3° left of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
InfrarougeVery Large Telescope
NACO