Wide-field view of the sky around the galaxy ESO 137-001

This wide-field view shows the sky around the galaxy ESO 137-001, which appears near the bottom-right of this picture. This part of the sky is in the southern Milky Way and huge numbers of stars are visible in the foreground. This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Credit:

ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

About the Image

Id:eso1437d
Type:Observation
Release date:10 November 2014, 01:01
Related releases:eso1437
Size:5520 x 4464 px

About the Object

Name:ESO 137-001
Type:Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting
Constellation:Norma
Category:Galaxies

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Coordinates

Position (RA):16 32 29.61
Position (Dec):-59° 49' 58.20"
Field of view:371.27 x 300.25 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.1° left of vertical