Spiral Galaxy NGC 7424 and SN2001ig
These are colour composites based on three FORS 2 images taken in the R-band (15 sec), V (60 sec) and B (90 sec).
Two composite colour-coded image of a part of NGC 7424. The left image was made from an exposure taken with the FORS 2 instrument on VLT Yepun on June 16, 2002. In this, the supernova - although considerably fainter than when it was discovered six months earlier - is still well visible in the middle right of the image. The right image was obtained in October 2004, the supernova is no more apparent. The image covers 3.8 x 3.2 square arcminutes. North is up and East is to the right.
The images were obtained by Massimo Turatto for a large consortium of astronomers ("The Padova Supernova Group").
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0436d |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 1 December 2004 |
| Related releases: | eso0436 |
| Size: | 1192 x 512 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 7424, SN 2001ig |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • X - Galaxies • X - Stars |
| Distance: | 35 million light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
Very Large Telescope |
| Optical V |
Very Large Telescope |
| Optical R |
Very Large Telescope |
Notes: The left image was taking using VLT instrument VIMOS, and the right using the VLT instrument FORS2.
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