A curious pair of galaxies

This colour composite image of Arp 261 was created from images obtained using the FORS2 instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT), at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Located 2,600 m above sea level, in the mountains of the Atacama Desert, the Paranal Observatory enjoys some of the clearest and darkest skies on the whole planet. This image was created from images through blue, green, red and infrared filters and the total exposure time was 45 minutes. Further information can be found on eso0911.

Kilde:

ESO

Om billedet

Id:eso0911a
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:16. marts 2009
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso0911
Størrelse:1378 x 1665 px

Om objektet

Navn:ARP 261, SN 1995N
Type:Local Universe : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Supernova
Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Afstand:70 million lysår
Constellation:Libra
Kategori:Galaxies

Billedformater

Stor JPEG
746,5 KB
Skrærm JPEG
313,0 KB

Baggrundsbilleder

1024x768
255,7 KB
1280x1024
447,4 KB
1600x1200
555,4 KB
1920x1200
647,3 KB
2048x1536
870,0 KB

Koordinater

Position (RA):14 49 30.01
Position (Dec):-10° 10' 16.49"
Field of view:5.63 x 6.81 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord er 1.0° droite fra lodret