The bright star cluster NGC 6520 and the strangely shaped dark cloud Barnard 86
eso_eso1307a February 13th, 2013
Credit: ESO
This image from the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows the bright star cluster NGC 6520 and its neighbour, the strangely shaped dark cloud Barnard 86. This cosmic pair is set against millions of glowing stars from the brightest part of the Milky Way — a region so dense with stars that barely any dark sky is seen across the picture.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1307a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1307a
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.3.2 B.3.6.4.1
- Subject Name
- Barnard 86, NGC 6520
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2013-02-13T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1307a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- Rc, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 270.742213, -27.868091
- Reference Dimension
- 8473.0, 8233.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4731.2922163, 4378.57384497
- Scale
- -6.603764e-05, 6.603764e-05
- Rotation
- 0.01400982020
- 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
- eso1307a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1307a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-12-20T15:56:46+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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