The Milky Way star field around CS 31082-001

eso_eso0106a February 7th, 2001

Credit: AURA

The Milky Way star field around CS 31082-001, the 12th-magnitude star at the centre. The "cross" is caused by reflections in the telescope optics, a typical effect for relatively bright stars.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0106a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: CS 31082-001
Subject - Milky Way: Star

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 29m 35.1s; DEC = -16° 1’ 2.0”
Orientation: North is 1.6° CW
Field of View: 6.9 x 6.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (UVES)	Ultraviolet (U)	-

ID: eso0106a
Subject Category: B.3
Subject Name: CS 31082-001
Credits: AURA

Release Date: 2001-02-07T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0106a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: UVES
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Ultraviolet
Bandpass: U
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 22.396077409, -16.0172208166
Reference Dimension: 1280.0, 1280.0

Reference Pixel: 460.0, 601.0
Scale: -8.99937936484e-05, 8.99937936484e-05
Rotation: -1.57724074177
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0106a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0106a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-12T16:57:09+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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