Nova Centauri 2013

eso_eso1531a July 29th, 2015

Credit: ESO

This image from the New Technology Telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory shows Nova Centauri 2013 in July 2015 as the brightest star in the centre of the picture. This was more than eighteen months after the initial explosive outburst. This nova was the first in which evidence of lithium has been found.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1531a/

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: Nova Centauri 2013
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Type > Variable > Nova

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 13h 54m 39.3s; DEC = -59° 10’ 32.2”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View: 4.1 x 4.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
NTT (EFOSC2)	Optical (R)	-
NTT (EFOSC2)	Optical (V)	-
NTT (EFOSC2)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1531a
Subject Category: B.3.2.1.5
Subject Name: Nova Centauri 2013
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2015-07-29T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1531a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope
Instrument: EFOSC2, EFOSC2, EFOSC2
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 208.663708333, -59.1756111111
Reference Dimension: 1015.0, 1008.0

Reference Pixel: 770.654193426, 131.559726364
Scale: -6.66604340836e-05, 6.66604340836e-05
Rotation: 0.3304070469984
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: eso1531a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1531a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-07-27T16:21:50+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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