Raw image from the FLAMES instrument on the VLT

Eso_giraffe_medusa_cc_1024

eso_giraffe_medusa_cc May 7th, 2014

Credit: ESO

A raw image from the FLAMES instrument on the VLT: each of the 130 MEDUSA fibre is positioned on a different star in a cluster. The light from each fibre is dispersed by the GIRAFFE spectrograph, forming a spectrum that shows the intensity of the light for each constituent colour. On the image, each spectrum appears as an individual vertical line. Some are brighter as they correspond to brighter stars.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

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

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
FLAMES
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Eso_giraffe_medusa_cc_1280
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ID
giraffe_medusa_cc
Subject Category
B.3.6.4  
Subject Name
FLAMES
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2014-05-07T09:31:17
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/giraffe_medusa_cc/
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
2148.0, 4096.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
giraffe_medusa_cc
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/giraffe_medusa_cc.tif
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Metadata Date
2023-10-11T09:22:50.145553
Metadata Version
1.1
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