Wide-field view of the region of the sky where AFGL 5142 is located

eso_eso2001e January 15th, 2020

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

This wide-field view shows the region of the sky, in the constellation of Auriga, where the star-forming region AFGL 5142 is located. This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2001e/

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: AFGL 5142
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 30m 26.1s; DEC = 33° 41’ 49.3”
Orientation: North is 1.1° CW
Field of View: 3.2 x 2.5 degrees
Constellation: Auriga

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	479.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm

ID: eso2001e
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name: AFGL 5142
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2020-01-15T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2001e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Cyan, Orange

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, R
Central Wavelength: 479, 649

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 82.6089117874, 33.697032253
Reference Dimension: 11241.0, 8830.0

Reference Pixel: 5620.0, 4415.0
Scale: -0.0002802402241, 0.0002802402241
Rotation: -1.140000000000005
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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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: eso2001e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2001e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-01-09T16:52:16+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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