Wide-field view of the sky around the red giant star R Sculptoris

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eso_eso1239c October 10th, 2012

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

This wide-field image shows the patch of sky around the red giant variable star R Sculptoris. In this part of the sky far from the Milky Way, there are relatively few stars but many faint and distant galaxies can be seen. This view was created from photographs forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The spikes and orange circles around the star in this picture are artifacts of the telescope and photographic process and are not real.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1239c/

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
Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS 2) R Sculptoris Wide field view
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Red Giant
Star > Type > Variable
Star > Circumstellar Material
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 26m 58.1s
DEC = -32° 32’ 34.7”
Orientation
North is 2.2° CW
Field of View
1.4 x 1.2 degrees
Constellation
Sculptor

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
eso1239c
Subject Category
B.3.1.4   B.3.2.1   B.3.7  
Subject Name
Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS 2), R Sculptoris, Wide field view
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2012-10-10T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1239c/
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
21.741889, -32.542983
Reference Dimension
4952.0, 4240.0
Reference Pixel
2496.20067012, 2146.75271708
Scale
-0.0002766638, 0.0002766638
Rotation
-2.16453808739
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
eso1239c
Metadata Date
2012-10-02T12:22:25+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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