Wide field view of the unusual double star SS Leporis

Eso_eso1148c_1024

eso_eso1148c December 7th, 2011

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

This wide-field image of the sky around the unusual double star SS Leporis is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximately 2.7 degrees. SS Leporis is the bright star at the centre. The coloured rings and the four spikes around the star are artifacts of the photographic process and the optics of the telescope used, and are not real.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1148c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
SS Lep
Subject - Milky Way
Star
Eso_eso1148c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 4m 59.2s
DEC = -16° 29’ 3.8”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
2.7 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation
Lepus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1148c
Subject Category
B.3  
Subject Name
SS Lep
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
Release Date
2011-12-07T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1148c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
91.246609, -16.484382
Reference Dimension
9555.0, 9960.0
Reference Pixel
4770.96975282, 4975.75168202
Scale
-0.00027978029, 0.00027978029
Rotation
0.22479921294
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
eso1148c
Metadata Date
2011-11-10T16:14:10+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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