Zooming in on Far Away Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO

Zooming in on Far Away Spiral Galaxy NGC 1187 | ESO 

Travel 60 million light years in a minute. This zoom video sequence starts with a wide view of the large but faint constellation of Eridanus (The River), not far from the more familiar form of Orion (The Hunter). As we zoom in we see a small patch of light that proves to be an attractive spiral galaxy named NGC 1187. The detailed final view shows a new VLT image of this object.

Credit: European Southern Observatory (ESO)/A. Fujii/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Duration: 1 minute

Release Date: August 1, 2012

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