HAWK-I image of Messier 100

This galaxy is Messier 100, also known as NGC 4321, which was discovered in the18th century. About 55 million light-years from Earth, Messier 100 is part of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies and lies in the constellation of Coma Berenices (Berenice’s Hair, named after the ancient Egyptian queen Berenice II).

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 cyan), H (in orange), and K (in red). The field of view of the image is about 6.4 arcminutes.

Herkunftsnachweis:

ESO/P. Grosbøl

Über das Bild

ID:eso1042c
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:27. Oktober 2010 12:00
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso1042
Größe:3650 x 3639 px

Über das Objekt

Name:Messier 100, NGC 4321
Typ:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Entfernung:55 Million Lichtjahre
Constellation:Coma Berenices
Kategorie:Galaxies

Bildformate

Großes JPEG
6,5 MB

Skalierbar


Bildschirm-Hintergrundbilder

1024x768
206,8 KB
1280x1024
350,3 KB
1600x1200
572,9 KB
1920x1200
787,5 KB
2048x1536
1,1 MB

Koordinaten

Position (RA):12 22 55.38
Position (Dec):15° 49' 40.95"
Field of view:6.48 x 6.46 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 1.6° rechts zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Infrarot
Y
Very Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarot
J
Very Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarot
H
Very Large Telescope
HAWK-I