File:NGC5248 - VLT - Potw2143a.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionNGC5248 - VLT - Potw2143a.jpg |
English: Rising from the ashes
Located around 59 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Boötes, this galaxy is notable for having not one but two rings around its centre. These rings are characterised by “hot spots” of starburst activity. Starburst regions, seen as an orange glow in the picture, are where stars form much more frequently than usual. MUSE, which stands for Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer, is attached to Yepun, one of the four 8.2-metre telescopes that make up the VLT. MUSE decomposes the light of every single pixel within its field of view into its constituent colours or wavelengths. This allows researchers to map complex mechanisms within extended objects, such as analysing the formation of stars in galaxies. Credit: ESO/TIMER survey
Coordinates Position (RA): 13 37 32.05 Position (Dec): 8° 53' 7.49" Field of view: 1.05 x 1.04 arcminutes Orientation: North is 0.0° right of vertical Colours & filters Band Telescope Optical B 438 nm Very Large Telescope MUSE Optical G 475 nm Very Large Telescope MUSE Optical R 625 nm Very Large Telescope MUSE Optical N II 658 nm Very Large Telescope MUSE Optical H-alpha 656 nm Very Large Telescope MUSE. |
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Date | 25 October 2021, 06:00 | ||||
Source | https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2143a/ | ||||
Author | (Credit) ESO | ||||
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current | 21:11, 25 October 2021 | ![]() | 630 × 624 (123 KB) | Fabian RRRR (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description={{en|1='''Rising from the ashes Captured with the MUSE instrument mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT), this image shows the innermost regions of the distant spiral galaxy NGC 5248, also known as Caldwell 45. Located around 59 million light-years away from Earth, in the constellation of Boötes, this galaxy is notable for having not one but two rings around its centre. These rings are characterised by “hot spots” of starburst activity... |
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Credit/Provider | ESO/TIMER survey |
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Source | European Southern Observatory |
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Date and time of data generation | 06:00, 25 October 2021 |
Software used | The ESA/ESO/NASA FITS Liberator |
File change date and time | 11:27, 22 January 2021 |
Date and time of digitizing | 10:33, 22 January 2021 |
Date metadata was last modified | 12:27, 22 January 2021 |
Unique ID of original document | xmp.did:21395674-2813-4043-a97b-5bf36e42150a |
Keywords | NGC 5248 |
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Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2 Garching bei München, None, D-85748 Germany |
IIM version | 4 |