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Close-up of K2-25

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noirlab_noirlab2018l August 4th, 2020

Credit: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Close-up of exoplanet K2-25b’s host star K2-25.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2018l/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: K2-25b

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 13m 5.4s; DEC = 15° 14’ 53.3”
Orientation: North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View: 10.9 x 10.9 arcminutes
Constellation: Taurus

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

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ID: noirlab2018l
Subject Category
Subject Name: K2-25b
Credits: NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2020-08-04T13:18:29
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2018l/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Green, 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: 63.2722983174, 15.2481368682
Reference Dimension: 642.0, 642.0

Reference Pixel: 321.0, 321.0
Scale: -0.000283339185528, 0.000283339185528
Rotation: 0.74
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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Email

Telephone
Address: 950 North Cherry Ave.
City: Tucson
State/Province: AZ

Postal Code: 85719
Country: USA
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID: noirlab
Resource ID: noirlab2018l

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2018l.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-08-04T15:05:18+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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