Wide-field image of NGC 3256 (ground-based image)
This ground-based image shows the spiral galaxy NGC 3256 and its surroundings.
Credit:NASA, ESA, Digitized Sky Survey 2; Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | heic1811b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 31 May 2018, 16:00 |
| Related releases: | heic1811 |
| Size: | 9208 x 10864 px |
About the Object
| Name: | NGC 3256 |
| Type: | Local Universe : Galaxy : Type : Interacting |
| Distance: | 100 million light years |
| Constellation: | Vela |
| Category: | Galaxies |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 10 27 52.13 |
| Position (Dec): | -43° 53' 52.48" |
| Field of view: | 156.47 x 184.61 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 2.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical R | 660 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | 660 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical i | 797 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical i | 797 nm | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |