M100 / NGC 4321

Messier 100, also known as NGC 4321, is one of the largest and brightest spiral galaxies in the sky, located at about 50 million light-years from us. A composite VRI image obtained on March 3, 2002. The individual exposures lasted 180 seconds, image quality 0.7 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin2 ; North is up and East is left.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0209h
Type:Observation
Date de publication:13 mars 2002
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0209
Taille:1800 x 1802 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Messier 100
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distance:50 million années lumière
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Catégorie:Galaxies

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
746,0 Kio
JPEG taille écran
190,9 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
236,6 Kio
1280x1024
382,3 Kio
1600x1200
584,5 Kio
1920x1200
837,9 Kio
2048x1536
996,9 Kio

Coordinates

Position (RA):12 22 53.98
Position (Dec):15° 49' 42.31"
Field of view:6.18 x 6.19 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 1.6° right of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
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V
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS
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R
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS
Infrarouge
I
Very Large Telescope
VIMOS