Wide-field view of the sky around the spiral galaxy NGC 1637

eso_eso1315d March 20th, 2013

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

This image shows the sky around the spiral galaxy NGC 1637 in the constellation of Eridanus (The River). It was created from images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1315d/

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: Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS 2) • NGC 1637 • Wide field view
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Type > Spiral

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 41m 28.3s; DEC = -2° 51’ 28.7”
Orientation: North is 0.6° CW
Field of View: 2.6 x 2.2 degrees
Constellation: Eridanus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)		-

ID: eso1315d
Subject Category: C.5.1.1
Subject Name: Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS 2), NGC 1637, Wide field view
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2013-03-20T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1315d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: NED

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 70.367899, -2.857981
Reference Dimension: 9554.0, 8124.0

Reference Pixel: 5103.53960939, 4917.56715627
Scale: -0.00027078312, 0.00027078312
Rotation: -0.62771671866
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: eso1315d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1315d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2013-01-22T14:20:25+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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