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.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0627c
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:26 juli 2006
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0627
Grootte:1953 x 1851 px

Over het object

Naam:NGC 1427A
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Irregular
Afstand:50 miljoen lichtjaren
Constellation:Eridanus
Categorie:Galaxies

Image Formats

Grote JPEG
1,0 MB

Wallpapers

1024x768
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1280x1024
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1600x1200
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1920x1200
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2048x1536
1,1 MB

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

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Ultraviolet
U
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisch
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisch
H-alpha
Very Large Telescope
FORS1