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Infant solar system in Ophiuchus

Eso_eso0214c_1024

eso_eso0214c May 7th, 2002

Credit: ESO

An enlargement of ESO Press Photo eso0214 showing the unusual "Flying Saucer" object in more detail.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0214c/

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: Rho Ophiuchi
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object; Star > Circumstellar Material > Disk > Protoplanetary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 28m 13.6s; DEC = -24° 31’ 37.3”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CW
Field of View: 0.5 x 0.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (K)	-
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (H)	-
	VLT (ISAAC)	Infrared (J)	-

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ID: eso0214c
Subject Category: B.3.1.2 B.3.7.2.1
Subject Name: Rho Ophiuchi
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2002-05-07T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0214c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

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

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: K, H, J
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 247.056690542, -24.527037477
Reference Dimension: 800.0, 800.0

Reference Pixel: 400.0, 400.0
Scale: -1.08252366716e-05, 1.08252366716e-05
Rotation: -0.31999999999999995
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0214c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0214c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2008-12-19T14:03:52+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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