A curious pair of galaxies

This colour composite image of Arp 261 was created from images obtained using the FORS2 instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Located 2,600 m above sea level, in the mountains of the Atacama Desert, the Paranal Observatory enjoys some of the clearest and darkest skies on the whole planet. This image was created from images through blue, green, red and infrared filters and the total exposure time was 45 minutes. Further information can be found on eso0911.

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Über das Bild

ID:eso0911a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:16. März 2009
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso0911
Größe:1378 x 1665 px

Über das Objekt

Name:ARP 261, SN 1995N
Typ:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova
Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Entfernung:70 Million Lichtjahre
Constellation:Libra
Kategorie:Galaxies

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):14 49 30.01
Position (Dec):-10° 10' 16.49"
Field of view:5.63 x 6.81 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 1.0° rechts zur Vertikale