Wide-field view of the sky around the globular star cluster Messier 55

eso_eso1220c May 9th, 2012

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2

This visible light wide-field image of the region around Messier 55 was created from photographs taken through blue and red filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The globular cluster appears at the centre. The field of view is approximately 2.7 degrees across.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1220c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Messier 55
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 19h 39m 59.7s; DEC = -30° 57’ 53.0”
Orientation: North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View: 2.7 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B+R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1220c
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: Messier 55
Credits: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2012-05-09T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1220c/

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: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B+R, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 294.998933, -30.964734
Reference Dimension: 9639.0, 9588.0

Reference Pixel: 4815.16441493, 4797.57744729
Scale: -0.00027970198, 0.00027970198
Rotation: 0.66468656271
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1220c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1220c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-04-01T11:12:46+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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