Wide-field view of the sky around the globular cluster NGC 6362

eso_eso1243c October 31st, 2012

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

This wide-field view shows the region of sky around the globular star cluster NGC 6362 in the constellation of Ara (The Altar). This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1243c/

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: NGC 6362 • Wide field view
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 31m 55.1s; DEC = -67° 2’ 54.4”
Orientation: North is 1.9° CW
Field of View: 3.0 x 2.2 degrees
Constellation: Ara

Color Mapping

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

ID: eso1243c
Subject Category: B.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: NGC 6362, Wide field view
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2012-10-31T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1243c/

Type: Observation
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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, Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B+R, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 262.979601, -67.048453
Reference Dimension: 10667.0, 7824.0

Reference Pixel: 5335.78464466, 3900.63619821
Scale: -0.0002797231, 0.0002797231
Rotation: -1.88595066984
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Telephone
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: eso1243c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1243c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-11-23T16:47:14+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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