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The Galactic Star OGLE-TR-3

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eso_eso0311a April 22nd, 2003

Credit: ESO

This photograph shows the 16.5-mag star OGLE-TR-3, a solar-like star in the direction of the Galactic Center, discovered during an extensive photometric search for planetary and low-luminosity object transits. The image is reproduced from an I-band CCD frame of a 1 x 1 arcmin 2 sky field. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0311a/

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: OGLE-TR-3
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Circumstellar Material > Planetary System

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 51m 48.9s; DEC = -30° 13’ 25.8”
Orientation: North is 0.5° CW
Field of View: 1.0 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (UVES)	Infrared (I)	790.0 nm

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ID: eso0311a
Subject Category: B.3.7.1
Subject Name: OGLE-TR-3
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2003-04-22T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0311a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: UVES
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: I
Central Wavelength: 790

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 267.953869, -30.223836
Reference Dimension: 800.0, 799.0

Reference Pixel: 413.309770594, 390.920681278
Scale: -2.0803e-05, 2.0803e-05
Rotation: -0.50970308239
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso0311a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0311a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-07-18T12:56:01+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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