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.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0911a
Type:Observation
Date de publication:16 mars 2009
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0911
Taille:1378 x 1665 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:ARP 261, SN 1995N
Type:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova
Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Distance:70 million années lumière
Constellation:Libra
Catégorie:Galaxies

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
746,5 Kio
JPEG taille écran
313,0 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
255,7 Kio
1280x1024
447,4 Kio
1600x1200
555,4 Kio
1920x1200
647,3 Kio
2048x1536
870,0 Kio

Coordinates

Position (RA):14 49 30.01
Position (Dec):-10° 10' 16.49"
Field of view:5.63 x 6.81 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 1.0° right of vertical