ESO60-24

PR Photo 20f/99 is a colour composite (BVR) of a sky field near the
border between the southern constellations Carina (The Ship's Keel)
and Volans (The Flying Fish). It contains a spiral galaxy, ESO 60-24
that is seen nearly edge-on. This galaxy has a strong equatorial dust
band that hides the light from the stars behind it. A bright centre is
located just below the dust band and the spiral structure may be
perceived in the outer regions. The velocity is 4000 km/sec,
corresponding to a distance of about 200 million light-years.

These observations were made with FORS1 at ANTU on March 27,
1999. Field size: 6.8x6.8 arcmin2; North is up and East is to the
left.