View of the sky around the multiple star system GG Tauri

Eso_eso1434b_1024

eso_eso1434b October 29th, 2014

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

This wide-field view shows the sky around the young multiple star system GG Tauri, which appears very close to the centre of this picture. This view also shows a dust cloud and evidence of star formation near the top of the picture. This, like GG Tauri itself, is part of the Taurus Dark Cloud complex, one of the closest star-forming regions to Earth.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1434b/

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
GG Tauri
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Multiple
Eso_eso1434b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 4h 32m 30.3s
DEC = 17° 31’ 42.5”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
1.6 x 1.3 degrees
Constellation
Taurus
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ID
eso1434b
Subject Category
B.3.6.3  
Subject Name
GG Tauri
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2014-10-29T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1434b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
68.1260862391, 17.5284795723
Reference Dimension
5647.0, 4719.0
Reference Pixel
2823.0, 2359.0
Scale
-0.000283016433844, 0.000283016433844
Rotation
-0.69999999999999973
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
eso1434b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1434b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2014-10-27T11:06:39+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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