Wide-field view of the sky around the galaxy ESO 137-001

Eso_eso1437d_1024

eso_eso1437d November 10th, 2014

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This wide-field view shows the sky around the galaxy ESO 137-001, which appears near the bottom-right of this picture. This part of the sky is in the southern Milky Way and huge numbers of stars are visible in the foreground. This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1437d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
ESO 137-001
Subject - Local Universe
Galaxy > Type > Interacting
Eso_eso1437d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 32m 29.6s
DEC = -59° 49’ 58.2”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
6.2 x 5.0 degrees
Constellation
Norma
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ID
eso1437d
Subject Category
C.5.1.7  
Subject Name
ESO 137-001
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2014-11-10T01:01:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1437d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
1987-05-21T14:47
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
248.123366604, -59.8328325526
Reference Dimension
5520.0, 4464.0
Reference Pixel
2760.0, 2232.0
Scale
-0.00112098685841, 0.00112098685841
Rotation
0.05999999999999997
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
eso1437d
Metadata Date
2024-02-22T14:21:24.391329
Metadata Version
1.1
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