Evropská jižní observatoř

Kategorie: Galaxie, Zpět na celou fotogalerii.

Popis (v anglickém jazyce):

Composite colour-coded image of another magnificent spiral galaxy, NGC 7424, at a distance of 40 million light-years. It is based on images obtained with the multi-mode VIMOS instrument on the ESO Very Large Telescope (VLT) in three different wavelength bands. The image covers 6.5 x 7.2 square arcminutes on the sky. North is up and East is to the right.

Odkaz na další informace na www.eso.org (stránka v AJ)