Wide-field view of the sky around CK Vulpeculae

noirlab_noirlab2029c November 24th, 2020

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

This wide-field view shows the sky around the location of the historical exploding star CK Vulpeculae. The remains of the nova are only very faintly visible at the center of this picture.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2029c/

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: CK Vulpeculae
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Type > Variable > Nova

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 19h 47m 37.9s; DEC = 27° 19’ 21.3”
Orientation: North is 0.4° CCW
Field of View: 2.0 x 1.7 degrees
Constellation: Vulpecula

Color Mapping

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

ID: noirlab2029c
Subject Category: B.3.2.1.5
Subject Name: CK Vulpeculae
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2.Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2020-11-24T08:00:00
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Reference Url: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/noirlab2029c/

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: Infrared, 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: 296.907822357, 27.3225855445
Reference Dimension: 7129.0, 6102.0

Reference Pixel: 3564.0, 3051.0
Scale: -0.000280141325033, 0.000280141325033
Rotation: 0.38
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): NSF's NOIRLab
URL: https://noirlab.edu
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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: noirlab2029c

Resource URL: http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/noirlab2029c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-02-13T10:16:01+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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