Wide-field view of the region of the sky where AB Aurigae is located

eso_eso2008f May 20th, 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 AB Aurigae can be found. 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/eso2008f/

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: AB Aurigae
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Type > Variable

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 55m 45.3s; DEC = 30° 33’ 51.4”
Orientation: North is 0.8° CCW
Field of View: 2.8 x 2.5 degrees
Constellation: Auriga

Color Mapping

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

ID: eso2008f
Subject Category: B.3.2.1
Subject Name: AB Aurigae
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2020-05-20T14:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2008f/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

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

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 73.9388580133, 30.5642884953
Reference Dimension: 9851.0, 9073.0

Reference Pixel: 4925.0, 4536.0
Scale: -0.000279961722284, 0.000279961722284
Rotation: 0.8400000000000003
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: eso2008f

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2008f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-05-11T16:22:58+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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