SPHERE image of the dusty disc around IM Lupi

eso_eso1811c April 11th, 2018

Credit: ESO/H. Avenhaus et al./DARTT-S collaboration

This spectacular image from the SPHERE instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope shows the dusty disc around the young star IM Lupi in finer detail than ever before.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1811c/

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 Type: Observation
Object Name: IM Lupi
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 15h 56m 9.2s; DEC = -37° 56’ 5.9”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Lupus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (SPHERE)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm

ID: eso1811c
Subject Category: B.3.7.2
Subject Name: IM Lupi
Credits: ESO/H. Avenhaus et al./DARTT-S collaboration

Release Date: 2018-04-11T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1811c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: SPHERE
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: H
Central Wavelength: 1625

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 239.038375, -37.934972
Reference Dimension: 1464.0, 1464.0

Reference Pixel: 732.0, 732.0
Scale: -1.69484026039e-06, 1.69484026039e-06
Rotation: -0
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: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1811c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1811c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-02-22T14:20:06.320188
Metadata Version: 1.1

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