Wide-field view of the region of the sky where the Kinman Dwarf galaxy is located

eso_eso2010d June 30th, 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 Aquarius, where the Kinman Dwarf galaxy 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/eso2010d/

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: Kinman Dwarf galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Type > Variable; Galaxy > Type > Irregular

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 22h 30m 28.7s; DEC = 0° 7’ 27.3”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View: 4.0 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation: Aquarius

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: eso2010d
Subject Category: C.3.2.1 C.5.1.6
Subject Name: Kinman Dwarf galaxy
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2020-06-30T12:00:00
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Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2010d/

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, Yellow, Blue

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: 337.619519221, -0.124263011945
Reference Dimension: 14400.0, 10000.0

Reference Pixel: 7200.0, 5000.0
Scale: -0.000280111898278, 0.000280111898278
Rotation: 0.08
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: eso2010d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2010d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-04-09T11:01:34+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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