File:Ngc1087 muse-ha.jpg

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English: Warm gas clouds and stars in NGC 1087 mapped with MUSE on ESO’s VLT

This image of the nearby galaxy NGC 1087 was taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The bright reddish glows map warm clouds of hydrogen (Hα), marking the presence of newly born stars, while the bluish regions (a combination of green, red and infrared filters) reveal the distribution of slightly older 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.

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Position (RA):  	2 46 25.16
Position (Dec): 	0° 29' 56.26"
Field of view:  	2.95 x 1.99 arcminutes
Orientation:    	North is 90.0° left of vertical

Colours & filters      Band	Telescope
Optical G       	475 nm	Very Large Telescope MUSE
Optical R       	630 nm	Very Large Telescope MUSE
Optical I       	775 nm	Very Large Telescope MUSE
Optical H-alpha 	656 nm	Very Large Telescope MUSE
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Date 16 July 2021, 14:00
Source https://www.eso.org/public/images/ngc1087_muse-ha/
Author (Credit) ESO/PHANGS
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current08:47, 31 July 2021Thumbnail for version as of 08:47, 31 July 2021882 × 595 (136 KB)Fabian RRRR (talk | contribs)== {{int:filedesc}} == {{InformationWarm gas clouds and stars in NGC 1087 mapped with MUSE on ESO’s VLT This image of the nearby galaxy NGC 1087 was taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). The bright reddish glows map warm clouds of hydrogen (Hα), marking the presence of newly born stars, while the bluish regions (a combination of green, red and infrared filters) reveal the distribution of slightly older stars. NGC 1087 is a spiral gala...

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