Wide-field view of the area around the WISPIT 2 star

Eso_eso2604d_1024

eso_eso2604d March 24th, 2026

Credit: ESO/VHS team

This image, captured with ESO’s Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) shows the area of the sky around the young star WISPIT 2, seen here at the centre of the image. 

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2604d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
WISPIT 2b WISPIT 2c
Subject - Milky Way
Star
Eso_eso2604d_1280
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ID
eso2604d
Subject Category
B.3  
Subject Name
WISPIT 2b, WISPIT 2c
Credits
ESO/VHS team
Release Date
2026-03-24T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2604d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
8001.0, 8001.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso2604d
Metadata Date
2026-03-04T10:24:18+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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