VST’s view of the Leo Triplet and beyond

Triplet of bright galaxies in the constellation of Leo (The Lion), together with a multitude of fainter objects: distant background galaxies and much closer Milky Way stars. The image hints at the power of the VST and OmegaCAM for surveying the extragalactic Universe and for mapping the low brightness objects of the galactic halo. This image is a composite created by combining exposures taken through three different filters. Light that passed through a near-infrared filter was coloured red, light in the red part of the spectrum is coloured green, and green light is coloured magenta.

Crediti:

ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute

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Identificazione:eso1126a
Tipo:Osservazione
Data di rilascio:Mercoledì 27 Luglio 2011 12:00
Notizie relative:eso1126
Grandezza:15513 x 12558 px

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Nome:Leo Triplet
Tipo:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Distanza:35 Milione Anni luce
Constellation:Leo
Categoria:Galaxies

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Position (RA):11 19 43.51
Position (Dec):13° 18' 36.77"
Field of view:51.72 x 41.86 arcminutes
Orientazione:Il Nord è a 90.0° a sinistra della verticale

Colori e filtri

BandaLunghezza d'ondaTelescopio
Ottico
G
480 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM
Ottico
R
625 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM
Infrarosso
I
770 nmVLT Survey Telescope
OmegaCAM