Digitized Sky Survey image of Betelgeuse

Eso_eso0927e_1024

eso_eso0927e July 26th, 2010

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 2.0 x 1.5 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0927e/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Betelgeuse
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Red Supergiant
Eso_eso0927e_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 55m 10.4s
DEC = 7° 24’ 25.1”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
2.0 x 1.5 degrees
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso0927e_1280
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ID
eso0927e
Subject Category
B.3.1.5  
Subject Name
Betelgeuse
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
Release Date
2010-07-26T15:52:32
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0927e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
88.793286, 7.406972
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 960.0
Reference Pixel
640.47091495, 482.851501252
Scale
-0.0015530125, 0.0015530125
Rotation
0.04438761716
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
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
eso0927e
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0927e.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2010-07-26T15:50:27+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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