Dark Energy Survey begins five-year mission to map southern sky in tremendous detail
This image of the NGC 1398 galaxy was taken with the Dark Energy Camera. This galaxy lives in the Fornax cluster, roughly 65 million light years from Earth. It is 135,000 light years in diameter, just slightly larger than our own Milky Way galaxy, and contains more than a hundred million stars.
Credit:Dark Energy Survey
About the Image
| Id: | noao1310b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | Sept. 3, 2013 |
| Related releases: | noao1310 |
| Size: | 1500 x 844 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 3 39 0.04 |
| Position (Dec): | -26° 21' 30.75" |
| Field of view: | 13.20 x 7.42 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.2° left of vertical |
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Colors & filters
| Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical G | 474 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical R | 644 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
| Optical I | 785 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |