The globular star cluster 47 Tucanae
eso_eso1302a January 10th, 2013
Credit: ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey.Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This bright cluster of stars is 47 Tucanae (NGC 104), shown here in an image taken by ESO’s VISTA (Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy) from the Paranal Observatory in Chile. This cluster is located around 15 000 light-years away from us and contains millions of stars, some of which are unusual and exotic. This image was taken as part of the VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey, a project that is scanning the region of the Magellanic Clouds, two small galaxies that are very close to our Milky Way.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1302a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1302a
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- NGC 104
- Credits
- ESO/M.-R. Cioni/VISTA Magellanic Cloud survey.Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2013-01-10T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1302a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Ks, J, Y
- Central Wavelength
- 2160, 1250, 1030
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 6.022499, -72.081497
- Reference Dimension
- 8246.0, 8246.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4129.63496692, 4082.59637613
- Scale
- -9.477916e-05, 9.477916e-05
- Rotation
- -6.26883496186
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso1302a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1302a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-01-08T11:55:14+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
