MUSE view of the Sculptor Galaxy

Eso_eso2510a_1024

eso_eso2510a June 18th, 2025

Credit: ESO/E. Congiu et al.

This image shows a detailed, thousand-colour image of the Sculptor Galaxy captured with the MUSE instrument at ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Regions of pink light are spread throughout this whole galactic snapshot, which come from ionised hydrogen in star-forming regions. These areas have been overlaid on a map of already formed stars in Sculptor to create the mix of pinks and blues seen here.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2510a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Sculptor Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
Eso_eso2510a_1280
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ID
eso2510a
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
Sculptor Galaxy
Credits
ESO/E. Congiu et al.
Release Date
2025-06-18T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2510a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
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Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
6055.0, 1714.0
Reference Pixel
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Rotation
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Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso2510a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2510a.tif
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Metadata Date
2025-05-22T14:14:10+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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