DSS image

eso_eso0923c June 25th, 2009

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

A wide-field image of the area of the sky where the mystery of the Milky Way’s super-efficient particle accelerators was solved by studying the ancient RCW 86 supernova remnant.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0923c/

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: RCW 86
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 40m 28.9s; DEC = -62° 38’ 42.4”
Orientation: North is 0.8° CCW
Field of View: 4.0 x 4.4 degrees
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso0923c
Subject Category: B.4.1.4
Subject Name: RCW 86
Credits: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2009-06-25T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0923c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 220.120564, -62.645116
Reference Dimension: 1280.0, 1426.0

Reference Pixel: 640.388207351, 714.970163593
Scale: -0.00311647426, 0.00311647426
Rotation: 0.84641613665
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso0923c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0923c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-11-19T14:57:08+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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