eso_eso0211a March 15th, 2002
Credit: ESO
Image shows U and R filter images of the sky field around RX J0806.3+1527 (at centre of circle), obtained with the FORS2 multi-mode instrument on VLT KUEYEN. The object is brightest at the shorter wavelength (U-band) - reflecting its very high temperature. The image is reproduced from FORS2-exposures, obtained in November 1999 in the U- and R-bands, and both lasting 300 seconds. The field measures 2.0 x 1.5 arcmin2.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0211a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
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