NGC1097 - ESO - eso0438d
It is an almost-true colour composite based on images made with the multi-mode VIMOS instrument on the 8.2-m Melipal (Unit Telescope 3) of ESO's Very Large Telescope. Exposures were taken in three different wavebands which were associated to a given colour : R-band (centred around 652 nm; red), V (540 nm; green) and B (456 nm; blue). The images were taken on the night of December 9 to 10, 2004 in the presence of the President of the Republic of Chile, M. Ricardo Lagos. The observing conditions were very good (seeing well below 1 arcsec). The total exposure was 2.25 min in R, 3 min in V and 6 min in B. The scale is 0.205 arcsec/pix and the image covers a 7.7 x 6.6 arcmin2 region on the sky. All exposures were taken and pre-processed by ESO Paranal Science Operation astronomers. Additional image processing by Henri Boffin (ESO).
Credit: ESO
Coordinates Position (RA): 2 46 19.04 Position (Dec): -30° 16' 29.62" Field of view: 6.85 x 7.74 arcminutes Orientation: North is 0.1° left of vertical
Colours & filters Band Wavelength Telescope Optical B 456 nm Very Large Telescope VIMOS Optical V 540 nm Very Large Telescope VIMOS Optical R 652 nm Very Large Telescope VIMOS.
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