The star AB Pictoris and its companion

Eso_eso0515d_1024

eso_eso0515d April 30th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Coronagraphic image of AB Pictoris showing its tiny companion (bottom left). The data was obtained on 16 March 2003 with NACO on the VLT, using a 1.4 arcsec occulting mask on top of AB Pictoris.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0515d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
2M1207
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Brown Dwarf
Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (NACO) Infrared (Near-IR) -
Eso_eso0515d_1280
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ID
eso0515d
Subject Category
B.3.2.3   B.3.7.1  
Subject Name
2M1207
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-04-30T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0515d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
Near-IR
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2480.0, 2480.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0515d
Metadata Date
2016-07-19T10:38:26+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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