Pinpointing Gaia to Map the Milky Way

Eso_eso1908a_1024

eso_eso1908a May 2nd, 2019

Credit: ESO

This image, a composite of several observations captured by ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST), shows the space observatory Gaia as a faint trail of dots across the lower half of the star-filled field of view. These observations were taken as part of an ongoing collaborative effort to measure Gaia’s orbit and improve the accuracy of its unprecedented star map.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1908a/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Gaia
Subject - General
Technology > Spacecraft
Eso_eso1908a_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 14h 20m 55.3s
DEC = -8° 52’ 51.3”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
4.4 x 2.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Virgo

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Grayscale VST (OmegaCAM) Optical (r) 625.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Grayscale
Eso_eso1908a_1280
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ID
eso1908a
Subject Category
E.8.2  
Subject Name
Gaia
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2019-05-02T15:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1908a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
VLT Survey Telescope
Instrument
OmegaCAM
Color Assignment
Grayscale
Band
Optical
Bandpass
r
Central Wavelength
625
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
215.230256949, -8.88090503654
Reference Dimension
1241.0, 761.0
Reference Pixel
620.0, 380.0
Scale
-5.92924661138e-05, 5.92924661138e-05
Rotation
-0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
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
eso1908a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1908a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:19:44.035518
Metadata Version
1.1
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