Wide-field view of the sky around the globular cluster 47 Tucanae

Eso_eso1302c_1024

eso_eso1302c January 10th, 2013

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

This view of 47 Tucanae covers a field of view of 2.4 x 2.8 degrees, and shows the landscape around the cluster. It is a colour composite made using exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. Below and to the left of 47 Tucanae is another small, bright star cluster named NGC 121, and several other star clusters are dotted across the frame. These clusters are not Milky Way globulars like 47 Tucanae, explaining why they appear to be so much smaller.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1302c/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 104
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Eso_eso1302c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 0h 24m 5.4s
DEC = -72° 4’ 53.4”
Orientation
North is 95.4° CCW
Field of View
2.8 x 2.3 degrees
Constellation
Tucana

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
DSS2 (None) -
Eso_eso1302c_1280
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ID
eso1302c
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
NGC 104
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
Release Date
2013-01-10T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1302c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
6.022499, -72.081497
Reference Dimension
9856.0, 8329.0
Reference Pixel
4848.20055203, 4022.32371868
Scale
-0.0002799592, 0.0002799592
Rotation
95.35704154678
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
eso1302c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1302c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2006-10-20T09:51:47+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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