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The cluster collinder 261

Eso_eso0715a_1024

eso_eso0715a March 22nd, 2007

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey.

Field around the old open cluster Collinder 261 (upper centre), seen in the red filtre.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0715a/

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: Collinder 261
Subject - General: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Open

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 12h 37m 56.9s; DEC = -68° 22’ 1.4”
Orientation: North is 5.8° CW
Field of View: 29.9 x 29.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Musca

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	658.0 nm

Spectrum_base

Red

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ID: eso0715a
Subject Category: E.3.6.4.1
Subject Name: Collinder 261
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey.

Release Date: 2007-03-22T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0715a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Optical
Bandpass: R
Central Wavelength: 658

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 189.487225, -68.367064
Reference Dimension: 1783.0, 1779.0

Reference Pixel: 912.887914579, 1243.29326738
Scale: -0.00027961243, 0.00027961243
Rotation: -5.80474868618
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: eso0715a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0715a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-07T14:42:32+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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