Warm gas clouds in NGC 1087 mapped with MUSE on ESO’s VLT

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eso_ngc1087_maps-cc July 16th, 2021

Credit: ESO/PHANGS

This image of the nearby galaxy NGC 1087 was taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) and it shows the distribution of warm gas clouds of ionised hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur gas, marking the presence of newly born stars.  NGC 1087 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 80 million light-years from Earth in the constellation of Cetus.  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.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1087_maps-cc/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1087
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Spiral
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 2h 46m 25.2s
DEC = 0° 29’ 56.2”
Orientation
North is 90.0° CCW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Cetus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (MUSE) Optical (SII) 673.0 nm
Green VLT (MUSE) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue VLT (MUSE) Optical (OIII) 499.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
ngc1087_maps-cc
Subject Category
C.5.1.1  
Subject Name
NGC 1087
Credits
ESO/PHANGS
Release Date
2021-07-16T14:00:53.714158
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1087_maps-cc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SII, H-alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength
673, 656, 499
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
41.6048777665, -0.498943895057
Reference Dimension
882.0, 595.0
Reference Pixel
441.0, 297.5
Scale
-5.54976776555e-05, 5.54976776555e-05
Rotation
89.959999999999866
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
ngc1087_maps-cc
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ngc1087_maps-cc.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2021-06-09T16:49:04+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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