Centaurus A – Field 1 (Shell)
Colour composite of "Field 1" (around the jet) in the peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128), based on exposures through three near-infrared filters (the J-, H- and K-bands at wavelengths 1.2, 1.6 and 2.2 µm, respectively) with the ISAAC multi-mode instrument at the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope at the ESO Paranal observatory. This ISAAC image is one of the two deepest near-infrared images ever obtained in this galaxy and show thousands of its stars of different colours. In the present colour-coding, the redder an image, the cooler is the star. The original pixel size is 0.15 arcsec and both fields measure 2.5 x 2.5 arcmin 2. North is up and East is left.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0315e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 10 June 2003 |
| Related releases: | eso0315 |
| Size: | 800 x 767 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Centaurus A, NGC 5128 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Elliptical • Local Universe : Galaxy : Component : Central Black Hole • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 13 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared J |
1.2 μm | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
| Infrared H |
1.6 μm | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
| Infrared K |
2.2 μm | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
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