The irregular galaxy NGC 1427A

Colour composite image of NGC 1427A, based on observations collected with FORS1 in Service mode for Andreas Reisenegger and his colleagues in November 2002 and January 2003. A very tenuous galaxy is also visible in the upper right corner. For the blue, green and red channels the U, V and H-alpha filters were used, respectively. North is on the left and West is up. The entire field of view of this image is ~ 6.7 x 6.7 arcmin which corresponds to ~ 120 x 120 thousand light-years at the Fornax Cluster distance. Henri Boffin (ESO) did the final processing of the image.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0627c
Type:Observation
Date de publication:26 juillet 2006
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0627
Taille:1953 x 1851 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:NGC 1427A
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
Distance:50 million années lumière
Constellation:Eridanus
Catégorie:Galaxies

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
1,0 Mio
JPEG taille écran
236,6 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
273,2 Kio
1280x1024
450,8 Kio
1600x1200
676,9 Kio
1920x1200
852,3 Kio
2048x1536
1,1 Mio

Coordinates

Position (RA):3 40 8.53
Position (Dec):-35° 37' 5.88"
Field of view:6.19 x 5.87 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 90.1° left of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Ultraviolet
U
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Visible
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Visible
H-alpha
Very Large Telescope
FORS1