Around Beta Pictoris

Eso_eso1024d_1024

eso_eso1024d March 6th, 2014

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Beta Pictoris is located about 60 light-years away towards the constellation of Pictor (the Painter's Easel) and is one of the best-known examples of a star surrounded by a dusty debris disc. This image, based on data from the Digitized Sky Survey 2, shows a region of approximately 1.7 x 2.3 degrees around Beta Pictoris.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1024d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Beta Pictoris
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Debris
Eso_eso1024d_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 47m 17.1s
DEC = -51° 3’ 59.0”
Orientation
North is 2.7° CW
Field of View
1.7 x 2.3 degrees
Constellation
Pictor

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 445.0 nm
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 658.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Red
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ID
eso1024d
Subject Category
B.3.7.2.3  
Subject Name
Beta Pictoris
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2014-03-06T20:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1024d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Approximate distance in light years from ESO.
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, R
Central Wavelength
445, 658
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
86.821365, -51.066397
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1695.0
Reference Pixel
640.964823199, 847.727570814
Scale
-0.00135997671, 0.00135997671
Rotation
-2.71877847255
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1024d
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1024d.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2010-03-01T14:16:33+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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