The field around SN2006aj
eso_eso0633a August 31st, 2006
Credit: ESO
Region of the sky around the newly discovered X-ray flash/Supernova SN2006aj. The left image comes from the DSS2 survey and is taken in the red filter. The image was taken prior to the explosion and shows at the position of the flash (circle) the tiny host galaxy. The right image shows the VLT FORS image, showing the presence of a bright object, the flash. It is a colour composite, based on images obtained in the B-, V-, and R-filters. The two panels show the the same region at the same scale.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0633a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- eso0633a
- Subject Category
- D.3.1.8
- Subject Name
- SN2006aj
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2006-08-31T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0633a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/1538-4357/643/2/L95/20579.text.html
- Facility
- None, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- None, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, None
- Color Assignment
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- -, R, V, B, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 2640.0, 1228.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso0633a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0633a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-20T11:30:51+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
