Part of the VVV view of the bulge of the Milky Way from ESO's VISTA
eso_eso1339c September 12th, 2013
Credit: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti, I. Toledo
This large star-filled picture is a tiny part of the VVV survey conducted by ESO’s VISTA infrared survey telescope. It shows a patch of sky in the direction of the centre of the Milky Way and includes many thousands of stars that form part of the Milky Way bulge. The star catalogues from the VVV survey have been used to map out the shape of the bulge more accurately than ever before.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1339c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1339c
- Subject Category
- B.5.4.9
- Subject Name
- Milky Way Galactic Centre
- Credits
- ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti, I. Toledo
- Release Date
- 2013-09-12T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1339c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Ks, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 15489.0, 11922.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso1339c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1339c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-09-10T14:14:49+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
