HAWK-I view of the Milky Way’s central region (close-up)

eso_galactic-centre-f December 16th, 2019

Credit: ESO/Nogueras-Lara et al.

This image features a close-up of a wide-field, near-infrared view of the central region of the Milky Way, taken with the HAWK-I instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/galactic-centre-f/

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: Milky Way Galactic Centre
Subject - Milky Way: Galaxy > Component > Center/Core

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 40.4s; DEC = -29° 0’ 35.2”
Orientation: North is 58.6° CCW
Field of View: 2.1 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (Ks)	2.1 µm
VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (H)	1.6 µm
VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm

ID: galactic-centre-f
Subject Category: B.5.4.9
Subject Name: Milky Way Galactic Centre
Credits: ESO/Nogueras-Lara et al.

Release Date: 2019-12-16T17:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/galactic-centre-f/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: HAWK-I, HAWK-I, HAWK-I
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: Ks, H, J
Central Wavelength: 2146, 1620, 1258

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.418440068, -29.0097661109
Reference Dimension: 2315.0, 938.0

Reference Pixel: 1157.5, 469.0
Scale: -1.47608010039e-05, 1.47608010039e-05
Rotation: 58.639999999999958
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: galactic-centre-f

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/galactic-centre-f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-10-11T09:18:39.078733
Metadata Version: 1.1

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