HAWK-I image of NGC 4030

This spiral galaxy, NGC 4030, lies about 75 million light-years from Earth, in the constellation of Virgo. In 2007 Takao Doi, a Japanese astronaut who doubles as an amateur astronomer, spotted a supernova — a stellar explosion that is briefly almost as bright as its host galaxy — going off in this galaxy.

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

Crédit:

ESO/P. Grosbøl

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso1042e
Type:Observation
Date de publication:27 octobre 2010 12:00
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso1042
Taille:3654 x 3643 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:NGC 4030
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral
Distance:75 million années lumière
Constellation:Virgo
Catégorie:Galaxies

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
5,1 Mio
JPEG taille écran
127,2 Kio

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Fonds d'écran

1024x768
132,4 Kio
1280x1024
221,1 Kio
1600x1200
354,7 Kio
1920x1200
491,5 Kio
2048x1536
683,4 Kio

Coordinates

Position (RA):12 0 23.69
Position (Dec):-1° 5' 59.13"
Field of view:6.48 x 6.46 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.2° right of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
Y
1.02 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarouge
J
1.22 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I
Infrarouge
H
1.63 μmVery Large Telescope
HAWK-I