Wide-field view of the sky around the globular star cluster Messier 54

eso_eso1428c September 10th, 2014

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2

This visible-light wide-field image of the region around the globular star cluster Messier 54 was created from photographs forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The globular star cluster Messier 54 cluster appears at the centre.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1428c/

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: M 54
Subject - Local Universe: Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 55m 4.2s; DEC = -30° 28’ 39.8”
Orientation: North is 0.6° CCW
Field of View: 2.4 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (O-emulsion)	-

ID: eso1428c
Subject Category: C.3.6.4.2
Subject Name: M 54
Credits: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2014-09-10T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1428c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, O-emulsion
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 283.767295104, -30.477709325
Reference Dimension: 8607.0, 10618.0

Reference Pixel: 4303.0, 5309.0
Scale: -0.00028026148246, 0.00028026148246
Rotation: 0.62000000000000011
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1428c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1428c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2014-09-03T17:03:13+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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