Massive spiral galaxy ISOHDFS 27

This photo is reproduced from an optical image of the distant galaxy ISOHDFS 27, obtained with the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The angular size of this galaxy is about 7 arcsec, corresponding to about 130,000 light-years (40 kpc) at the distance of the galaxy, approx. 6,000 million light-years. The inclination of the galaxy's main plane to the line-of-sight is about 50°.

This image covers an area of approx. 7 x 8 arcsec 2 ; North is up, East is to the left. The present results are based on observations that were collected in visitor mode during August 18-20, 2000. For these observations, ISAAC was used in medium resolution mode (R ~ 5000) with a slit of 0.6 arcsec x 2 arcmin. The pixel scale is 0.146 arcsec/pix. The wavelength for the H-alpha is 1.0370 µm and the SZ band was used for the observations. The seeing was very good throughout the run (from 0.2 - 0.9 arcsec).

Crediti:

ESO

Riguardo l'immagine

Identificazione:eso0041a
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di rilascio:08 Dicembre 2000
Notizie relative:eso0041
Grandezza:3000 x 2333 px

Riguardo all'oggetto

Nome:ISOHDFS 27
Tipo:Early Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Early Universe : Galaxy : Size : Giant
Distanza:z=0.58 (spostamento del rosso)
Constellation:Hercules
Categoria:Galaxies

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Coordinate

Position (RA):16 59 0.52
Position (Dec):19° 44' 46.67"

Colori e filtri

BandaLunghezza d'ondaTelescopio
Infrarosso
SZ
1.06 μmVery Large Telescope
ISAAC
Infrarosso
H-alpha
1.037 μmVery Large Telescope
ISAAC