Wide-field view of the area of NGC 6357

eso_eso1226c June 20th, 2012

Credit: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Part of the constellation Scorpius centred on NGC 6357 which has star cluster Pismis 24 in its centre. This image is a colour composite taken by the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS), the field of view is 3.8x3.3 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1226c/

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: NGC 6357 • Pismis 24
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 26m 28.9s; DEC = -34° 12’ 0.3”
Orientation: North is 22.9° CW
Field of View: 3.8 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1226c
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name: NGC 6357, Pismis 24
Credits: Davide De Martin (ESA/Hubble), the ESA/ESO/NASA Photoshop FITS Liberator & Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2012-06-20T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1226c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 261.62025, -34.200073
Reference Dimension: 13445.0, 11645.0

Reference Pixel: 6020.13214253, 6235.60910957
Scale: -0.00027977974, 0.00027977974
Rotation: -22.92393288661
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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: eso1226c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1226c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2006-12-01T11:06:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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