VISTA infrared image of the globular star cluster Messier 55
eso_eso1220a May 9th, 2012
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This striking view of the globular star cluster Messier 55 in the constellation of Sagittarius (The Archer) was obtained in infrared light with the VISTA survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. This vast ball of ancient stars is located at a distance of about 17 000 light-years from Earth.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1220a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1220a
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- Messier 55
- Credits
- ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2012-05-09T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1220a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- H, Y
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 294.998933, -30.964734
- Reference Dimension
- 3000.0, 3000.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1487.22386202, 1471.02193949
- Scale
- -9.470645e-05, 9.470645e-05
- Rotation
- 0.02813826130
- 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
- eso1220a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1220a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-04-06T11:07:05+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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