Wide-field view of a region of the sky in Upper Scorpius

eso_j16081299-2304314-dss October 6th, 2021

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This image shows a wide field view of a region of the sky in the Upper Scorpius constellation. It was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/j16081299-2304314-dss/

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: j16081299-2304314 • Scorpius Constellation
Subject - General: Sky Phenomenon > Night Sky > Constellation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 8m 16.6s; DEC = -23° 5’ 48.5”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CW
Field of View: 2.2 x 1.4 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
DSS (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	479.0 nm

ID: j16081299-2304314-dss
Subject Category: E.7.1.1
Subject Name: j16081299-2304314, Scorpius Constellation
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2021-10-06T12:13:18
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/j16081299-2304314-dss/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength: 825, 649, 479

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 242.069094228, -23.0968048008
Reference Dimension: 7813.0, 5091.0

Reference Pixel: 3906.5, 2545.5
Scale: -0.000283006359144, 0.000283006359144
Rotation: -0.28
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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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: j16081299-2304314-dss

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/j16081299-2304314-dss.tif
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Metadata Date: 2021-09-29T13:27:15+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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