Surroundings of the young star HD 163296

eso_eso1818d June 13th, 2018

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

This wide-field image shows the surroundings of the young star HD 163296 in the rich constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer). This picture was created from material forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. HD 163296 is the bright bluish star at the centre.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1818d/

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: HD 163296
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary; Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 56m 21.2s; DEC = -21° 57’ 20.1”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 59.0 x 59.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (i)	797.5 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	660.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	467.5 nm

ID: eso1818d
Subject Category: B.3.7.2.1 B.3.7.1
Subject Name: HD 163296
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2018-06-13T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1818d/

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, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: i, R, B
Central Wavelength: 797.5, 660, 467.5

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 269.088482453, -21.9555736788
Reference Dimension: 3508.0, 3515.0

Reference Pixel: 1754.0, 1757.0
Scale: -0.000280170542925, 0.000280170542925
Rotation: 0.22000000000000003
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
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1818d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1818d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2018-06-06T18:44:50+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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