Wide-field view of the region of the sky where HD101584 is located

eso_eso2002c February 5th, 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 Centaurus, where HD101584, a gas cloud surrounding a binary star recently studied with ALMA and APEX, 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/eso2002c/

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: HD101584
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Red Giant

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 40m 59.5s; DEC = -55° 34’ 45.6”
Orientation: North is 1.2° CCW
Field of View: 3.1 x 2.1 degrees
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	479.0 nm

ID: eso2002c
Subject Category: B.3.1.4
Subject Name: HD101584
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2020-02-05T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2002c/

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

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

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 175.247783246, -55.5793378593
Reference Dimension: 11090.0, 7424.0

Reference Pixel: 5545.0, 3712.0
Scale: -0.000280396943809, 0.000280396943809
Rotation: 1.2400000000000002
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: eso2002c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2002c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-01-30T10:09:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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