Wide-field view of the sky around the unusual binary star V471 Tauri

eso_eso1506c February 18th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This picture shows the sky around the unusual double star V471 Tauri. The object itself is visible as an unremarkable looking star of moderate brightness at the centre of the image. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1506c/

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
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Binary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 3h 50m 25.3s; DEC = 17° 14’ 49.8”
Orientation: North is 0.5° CW
Field of View: 1.9 x 1.9 degrees
Constellation: Taurus

Color Mapping

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

ID: eso1506c
Subject Category: B.3.6.1
Subject Name
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2015-02-18T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1506c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

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

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 57.6054646941, 17.2471594185
Reference Dimension: 6686.0, 6686.0

Reference Pixel: 3343.0, 3343.0
Scale: -0.000280054522364, 0.000280054522364
Rotation: -0.50000000000000011
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: eso1506c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1506c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-01-29T12:00:15+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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