Wide-field view of the Rho Ophiuchi star-forming region in visible light

eso_eso1248e November 30th, 2012

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

This wide-field view shows the star-forming region Rho Ophiuchi in the constellation of Ophiuchus (The Serpent Bearer), as seen in visible light. 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/eso1248e/

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: ISO-Oph 102
Subject - Milky Way: Star

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 30m 53.1s; DEC = -25° 15’ 14.3”
Orientation: North is 1.4° CCW
Field of View: 4.9 x 5.5 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)		-

ID: eso1248e
Subject Category: B.3
Subject Name: ISO-Oph 102
Credits: ESO/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/eso1248e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 247.721281902, -25.2539849305
Reference Dimension: 17597.0, 19686.0

Reference Pixel: 8798.5, 9843.0
Scale: -0.000280260032001, 0.000280260032001
Rotation: 1.4266563548110023
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: eso1248e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1248e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2012-11-23T10:21:49+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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