VISTA view of the newly discovered globular cluster VVV CL001 and its brighter companion
eso_eso1141a October 19th, 2011
Credit: ESO/D. Minniti/VVV Team
This image from VISTA is a tiny part of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey that is systematically studying the central parts of the Milky Way in infrared light. On the right lies the globular star cluster UKS 1 and on the left lies a much less conspicuous new discovery, VVV CL001 — a previously unknown globular, one of just 160 known globular clusters in the Milky Way at the time of writing. The new globular appears as a faint grouping of stars about 25% of the width of the image from the left edge, and about 60% of the way from bottom to top.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1141a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1141a
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- UKS 1, VVV CL001, VVV CL002, VVV CL003
- Credits
- ESO/D. Minniti/VVV Team
- Release Date
- 2011-10-19T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1141a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- K, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- 2200, 1600, 1100
- Start Time
- 2010-04-07T00:00:00, 2010-04-07T00:00:00, 2010-04-07T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- 8, 8, 24
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 268.654878494, -24.0809287241
- Reference Dimension
- 3101.0, 1401.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1550.0, 700.0
- Scale
- -9.47902270687e-05, 9.47902270687e-05
- Rotation
- 59.680000000000121
- 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
- eso1141a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1141a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-02-25T10:00:38+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
