Centaurus A

eso_eso0005c February 8th, 2000

Credit: ESO

An area, north-west of the centre of Centaurus A with a detailed view of the dust lane and clusters of luminous blue stars. The normal version of this photo retains the orginal pixels.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0005c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Cen A • Centaurus A
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy; Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 25m 29.8s; DEC = -43° 0’ 4.7”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.7 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (R)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (V)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso0005c
Subject Category: C.5 C.5.4.6
Subject Name: Cen A, Centaurus A
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2000-02-08T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0005c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 201.374, -43.0013
Reference Dimension: 801.0, 794.0

Reference Pixel: -212.417108547, 392.513198996
Scale: -5.585231e-05, 5.585231e-05
Rotation: -0.04384721109
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso0005c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0005c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-07-15T13:01:29+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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