Surroundings of the star HR 8799

eso_eso1905c March 27th, 2019

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

This wide-field image shows the surroundings of the young star HR8799 in the constellation of Pegasus. This picture was created from material forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The location of HR 8799 is shown.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1905c/

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: HR 8799e
Subject - Milky Way: Planet

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 23h 7m 26.4s; DEC = 21° 7’ 43.8”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 3.5 x 3.1 degrees
Constellation: Pegasus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	479.5 nm

ID: eso1905c
Subject Category: B.1
Subject Name: HR 8799e
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin.

Release Date: 2019-03-27T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1905c/

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: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength: 825, 649, 479.5

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 346.859928069, 21.1288281704
Reference Dimension: 12685.0, 11053.0

Reference Pixel: 6342.0, 5526.0
Scale: -0.00027980283493, 0.00027980283493
Rotation: 0.23999999999999991
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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Email

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: eso1905c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1905c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-03-25T13:51:20+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.