Field in Dwarf Galaxy NGC 6822
Colour composite of three exposures of a field in the dwarf galaxy NGC 6822, a member of the Local Group of Galaxies at a distance of about 2 million light-years. They were obtained by YEPUN and the VLT Test Camera at about 23:00 hrs local time on September 3 (03:00 UT on September 4), 2000. The image is based on exposures through three optical filtres: B(lue) (10 min exposure; here rendered as blue), V(isual) (5 min; green) and R(ed) (5 min; red); the seeing was 0.9 - 1.0 arcsec. Individual stars of many different colours (temperatures) are seen. The field measures about 1.5 x 1.5 arcmin 2. Another image of this galaxy was obtained earlier with ANTU and FORS1 , cf. eso9920b.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0028f |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 4 September 2000 |
| Related releases: | eso0028 |
| Size: | 992 x 1017 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 6822 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Type : Variable : Irregular • Local Universe : Galaxy : Size : Dwarf • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 2 million light years |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 8h 30m 38.10s |
| Position (Dec): | 30° 23' 23.79" |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
Very Large Telescope |
| Optical V |
Very Large Telescope |
| Optical R |
Very Large Telescope |
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