Infrared image of stars and galaxies near the REBELS-25 galaxy

eso_eso2415e October 7th, 2024

Credit: ESO/J. Dunlop et al. Ack.: CASU, CALET

This image shows a field of stars and galaxies taken with VISTA’s near-infrared camera. Among them is REBELS-25, the most distant rotating disc galaxy ever discovered. VISTA, ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, is located in Chile’s Atacama Desert.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2415e/

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 Type: Observation
Object Name: REBELS-25
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy

Position Details

Position: RA = 10h 0m 32.3s; DEC = 1° 44’ 31.3”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: -25.0 x -21.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Sextans

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM)	Infrared (Ks)	2.2 µm
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM)	Infrared (H)	1.7 µm
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm

ID: eso2415e
Subject Category: D.5
Subject Name: REBELS-25
Credits: ESO/J. Dunlop et al. Ack.: CASU, CALET

Release Date: 2024-10-07T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2415e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Instrument: VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Ks, H, J
Central Wavelength: 2150, 1650, 1250

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Dataset ID: None, None, None
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Equinox
Reference Value: 150.134666667, 1.74202777778
Reference Dimension: 10001.0, 8405.0

Reference Pixel: 5001.0, 3405.0
Scale: -4.166666e-05, -4.166666e-05
Rotation: 0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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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: eso2415e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2415e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-07-03T14:56:17+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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