Wide-field view of the sky around the cluster NGC 6604
eso_eso1218c April 25th, 2012
Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2
This visible-light wide-field image of the region around the star cluster NGC 6604 was created from photographs taken through blue, red and infrared filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The star cluster appears close to the centre, as a knot of bright stars. This view shows the rich landscape of gas and dust clouds surrounding the cluster. The field of view is approximately 2.9 degrees across.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1218c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1218c
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4
- Subject Name
- NGC 6604
- Credits
- ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Release Date
- 2012-04-25T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1218c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- None, None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, R, B+R, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 274.512162, -12.241947
- Reference Dimension
- 4000.0, 3246.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1990.36758636, 1210.78634876
- Scale
- -0.00073513865, 0.00073513865
- Rotation
- -0.09778374454
- 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
- eso1218c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1218c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-11-14T16:34:26+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
