Spiral Galaxy ESO 269-57
This photo shows the central region of spiral galaxy ESO 269-57, located in the southern constellation Centaurus at a distance of about 150 million light-years. Many galaxies are seen in this direction at about the same distance, forming a loose cluster; there are also some fainter, more distant ones in the background. The designation refers to the ESO/Uppsala Survey of the Southern Sky in the 1970's during which over 15,000 southern galaxies were catalogued. ESO 269-57 is a tightly bound object of type Sar, the "r" referring to the "ring" that surrounds the bright centre, that is overexposed here. The photo is a composite, based on three exposures (Blue - 600 sec; Yellow-Green - 300 sec; Red - 300 sec) obtained with KUEYEN on March 28, 1999. The image quality is 0.7 arcsec and the field is 90 x 90 arcsec 2. North is up and East is left.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso9923b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 April 1999 |
| Related releases: | eso9923 |
| Size: | 2868 x 2916 px |
About the Object
| Name: | ESO 269-57 |
| Type: | • Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral • X - Galaxies |
| Distance: | 150 million light years |
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 13h 10m 4.46s |
| Position (Dec): | -46° 26' 14.73" |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
Very Large Telescope |
| Optical V |
Very Large Telescope |
| Optical R |
Very Large Telescope |
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