HAWK-I image of NGC 4030

This spiral galaxy, NGC 4030, lies about 75 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Virgo. In 2007 Takao Doi, a Japanese astronaut who doubles as an amateur astronomer, spotted a supernova — a stellar explosion that is briefly almost as bright as its host galaxy — going off in this galaxy.

The image was made in infrared light with the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope at Paranal Observatory in Chile. HAWK-I is one of the most powerful infrared imagers in the world, and this is one of the sharpest and most detailed pictures of this galaxy ever taken from Earth. The filters used were Y (shown here in blue), J (in green), H (in orange), and K (in red). The field of view of the image is about 6.4 arcminutes across.

Credit:

ESO/P. Grosbøl

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1042e
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:27 oktober 2010 12:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1042
Grootte:3654 x 3643 px

Over het object

Naam:NGC 4030
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Afstand:75 miljoen lichtjaren
Constellation:Virgo
Categorie:Galaxies

Afbeeldingstypen

Grote JPEG
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Achtergrond

1024x768
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Coordinates

Position (RA):12 0 23.69
Position (Dec):-1° 5' 59.13"
Field of view:6.48 x 6.46 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.2° right of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandGolflengteTelescoop
Infrarood
Y
1.02 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarood
J
1.22 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarood
H
1.63 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I