TRAPPIST first light image of Omega Centauri
eso_eso1023c June 8th, 2010
Credit: TRAPPIST/E. Jehin/ESO
The globular cluster Omega Centauri was one of the targets observed for first light of the TRAPPIST national telescope at La Silla. The cluster contains as many as ten million stars. This image, 20 arcminutes across, shows only the central parts of Omega Centauri. It is made by combining data obtained through three filters (B, V and R). TRAPPIST (TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope) is devoted to the study of planetary systems through two approaches: the detection and characterisation of planets located outside the Solar System (exoplanets) and the study of comets orbiting around the Sun. The 60-cm national telescope is operated from a control room in Liège, Belgium, 12 000 km away.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1023c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South (None) | Optical (R) | 658.0 nm |
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TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South (None) | Optical (V) | 551.0 nm |
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TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South (None) | Optical (B) | 445.0 nm |
- ID
- eso1023c
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- Omega Centauri
- Credits
- TRAPPIST/E. Jehin/ESO
- Release Date
- 2010-06-08T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1023c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South, TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South, TRAnsiting Planets and PlanetesImals Small Telescope–South
- Instrument
- None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 658, 551, 445
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 201.697242, -47.479696
- Reference Dimension
- 1956.0, 1956.0
- Reference Pixel
- 975.225048253, 949.325516063
- Scale
- -0.00018166627, 0.00018166627
- Rotation
- 2.75857644507
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- 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
- eso1023c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1023c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-06-07T15:09:32+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
