Figure: NGC 2613
ESO/VLT instrument VIMOS took this photo of NGC 2613, a spiral galaxy that ressembles our own Milky Way.
Technical information: Composite VRI image of NGC 2613, obtained on February 28, 2002. The individual exposures lasted 180 sec; image quality 0.7 arcsec FWHM; field 7 x 7 arcmin 2; North is up and East is left.
Credit: ESO
http://www.eso.org/outreach/press-rel/pr-2002/pr-04-02.html