The brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102

eso_eso1248c November 30th, 2012

Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This image shows the brown dwarf ISO-Oph 102, or Rho-Oph 102, in the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region. Its position is marked by the crosshairs. This visible-light 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/eso1248c/

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
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Type > Brown Dwarf

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 27m 6.6s; DEC = -24° 41’ 48.7”
Orientation: North is 1.0° CCW
Field of View: 1.2 x 1.0 degrees
Constellation: Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

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

ID: eso1248c
Subject Category: B.3.2.3
Subject Name
Credits: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO)/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2012-11-30T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1248c/

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, 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: 246.777503, -24.696874
Reference Dimension: 4304.0, 3461.0

Reference Pixel: 2155.13274201, 1724.88451534
Scale: -0.0002796368, 0.0002796368
Rotation: 1.02550625399
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1248c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1248c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2012-11-23T09:40:29+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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