File:VST's view of the Leo Triplet and beyond.jpg

From Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Original file ‎(15,513 × 12,558 pixels, file size: 53.17 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

Captions

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents
Warning The original file is very high-resolution. It might not load properly or could cause your browser to freeze when opened at full size.

Summary[edit]

Description
English: Triplet of bright galaxies in the constellation of Leo (The Lion), together with a multitude of fainter objects: distant background galaxies and much closer Milky Way stars. The image hints at the power of the VST and OmegaCAM for surveying the extragalactic Universe and for mapping the low brightness objects of the galactic halo. This image is a composite created by combining exposures taken through three different filters. Light that passed through a near-infrared filter was coloured red, light in the red part of the spectrum is coloured green, and green light is coloured magenta.
Date
Source http://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1126a/
Author ESO/INAF-VST/OmegaCAM. Acknowledgement: OmegaCen/Astro-WISE/Kapteyn Institute

Licensing[edit]

w:en:Creative Commons
attribution
This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
You are free:
  • to share – to copy, distribute and transmit the work
  • to remix – to adapt the work
Under the following conditions:
  • attribution – You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current09:34, 4 August 2011Thumbnail for version as of 09:34, 4 August 201115,513 × 12,558 (53.17 MB)Originalwana (talk | contribs)higher res
15:01, 27 July 2011Thumbnail for version as of 15:01, 27 July 20114,000 × 3,238 (5.9 MB)Jmencisom (talk | contribs)

You cannot overwrite this file.

There are no pages that use this file.

File usage on other wikis

The following other wikis use this file:

Metadata

This file contains additional information such as Exif metadata which may have been added by the digital camera, scanner, or software program used to create or digitize it. If the file has been modified from its original state, some details such as the timestamp may not fully reflect those of the original file. The timestamp is only as accurate as the clock in the camera, and it may be completely wrong.

Retrieved from "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:VST%27s_view_of_the_Leo_Triplet_and_beyond.jpg&oldid=471901192"