Detail of field near spiral galaxy NGC 4945
eso_eso9922d March 26th, 1999
Credit: ESO
This image is an enlargement of part of the same area of a sky field around the spiral galaxy NGC 4945 with a faint spiral galaxy showing the individual pixels. It covers 214 x 210 pixels and measures about 50 x 50 arcsec 2 in the sky. The area is only 1/1500 of the full field; this illustrates the enormous amount of information that can be obtained with the WFI in a short time and hence, the great efficiency of this instrument. Please note that the small, "full resolution" image has the original resolution as recorded at the telescope, while the "enlarged version" is enlarged four times for easy viewing on the screen.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9922d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- eso9922d
- Subject Category
- C.5.1.1
- Subject Name
- NGC 4945
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 1999-03-26T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9922d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from NED
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- R, B, U
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 196.644552377, -49.5308630855
- Reference Dimension
- 847.0, 838.0
- Reference Pixel
- 423.0, 419.0
- Scale
- -1.65008109592e-05, 1.65008109592e-05
- Rotation
- 0.36
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso9922d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9922d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-07T16:25:15+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
