HAWK-I image of NGC 1232

NGC 1232 is a spiral galaxy some 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Eridanus (the River). The galaxy is classified as an intermediate spiral galaxy — somewhere between a barred and an unbarred spiral galaxy. An image of this galaxy and its small companion galaxy NGC 1232A in visible light was one of the first produced by ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). HAWK-I has now returned to NGC 1232 to show a different view of it at near-infrared wavelengths.

HAWK-I is one of the most powerful infrared imagers in the world, and this is one of the sharpest and most detailed pictures of this galaxy ever taken from Earth. The filters used were Y (shown in blue), J (in green), H (in muddy brown), and K (in red). The field of view of the image is about 6.4 arcminutes.

Crédit:

ESO/P. Grosbøl

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso1042g
Type:Observation
Date de publication:27 octobre 2010 12:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1042
Taille:3644 x 3638 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:NGC 1232
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distance:65 million années lumière
Constellation:Eridanus
Catégorie:Galaxies

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
5,4 Mio
JPEG taille écran
242,8 Kio

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Fonds d'écran

1024x768
242,2 Kio
1280x1024
409,6 Kio
1600x1200
649,9 Kio
1920x1200
870,7 Kio
2048x1536
1,1 Mio

Coordinates

Position (RA):3 9 45.48
Position (Dec):-20° 34' 45.65"
Field of view:6.49 x 6.48 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.2° left of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
Y
1.02 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarouge
J
1.22 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarouge
H
1.63 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I