Wide-field view of the sky around the bright star cluster NGC 2367

eso_eso1526c July 1st, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide-field view of the sky around the cluster NGC 2367 was created from photographic material forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The cluster itself is the tight knot of blue stars at the centre of the picture.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1526c/

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 2367
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 7h 20m 4.5s; DEC = -21° 52’ 35.2”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CW
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation: Canis Major

Color Mapping

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

ID: eso1526c
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.1
Subject Name: NGC 2367
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2015-07-01T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1526c/

Type: Observation
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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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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 110.018805746, -21.8764334467
Reference Dimension: 10693.0, 9658.0

Reference Pixel: 5346.5, 4829.5
Scale: -0.000280118996688, 0.000280118996688
Rotation: -0.33999999999999991
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1526c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1526c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-03-03T13:15:36+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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