Warm gas clouds and stars in NGC 4254 mapped with MUSE on ESO’s VLT
This image of the nearby galaxy NGC 4254 was taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The bright reddish glows map warm clouds of hydrogen (Hα), marking the presence of newly born stars, while the bluish regions (a combination of green, red and infrared filters) reveal the distribution of slightly older stars.
NGC 4254 is a grand-design spiral galaxy located approximately 45 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenices.
The images were taken as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) project, which is making high-resolution observations of nearby galaxies with telescopes operating across the electromagnetic spectrum.
Källa:ESO/PHANGS
Om bilden
ID: | ngc4254-muse-ha |
Typ: | Observation |
Publiceringsdatum: | 16 juli 2021 14:00 |
Storlek: | 1169 x 903 px |
Om objektet
Namn: | NGC 4254 |
Typ: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Spiral |
Constellation: | Coma Berenices |
Kategori: | Galaxies |
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Koordinater
Position (RA): | 12 18 51.03 |
Position (Dec): | 14° 25' 23.09" |
Field of view: | 3.90 x 3.01 arcminutes |
Orientering: | Nord är 90.0° vänster om lodrätt |
Färger och filter
Band | Våglängd | Teleskop |
---|---|---|
Synligt ljus G | 475 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Synligt ljus R | 625 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Synligt ljus H-alpha | 656 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |
Synligt ljus I | 775 nm | Very Large Telescope MUSE |