This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way,

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This image may not be used by or to promote the arms, nuclear power or tobacco industries or any religious organisation, or in any discriminatory way, or to imply the endorsement by ESO of any product, service or activity Spiral galaxy NGC 1097. Composite image of the spiral galaxy NGC 1097. This image was obtained by combining exposures taken in three different wavebands, each associated to a given colour: R-band (red), V (green) and B (blue). The result is a very near representation of the galaxy's true colours. Imaged with the multi-mode VIMOS instrument on the Melipal (Unit Telescope 3) of the European Southern Observatory's (ESO) Very Large Telescope, on the night of December 9th to 10th 2004.

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