Wide-field image of the sky around the Sculptor dwarf galaxy

eso_eso1536c September 16th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image of the sky around the Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy was created from pictures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The galaxy appears as a small faint cloud close to the centre of the picture.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1536c/

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: Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Subject - Local Universe: Galaxy > Size > Dwarf

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 1h 0m 2.2s; DEC = -33° 43’ 54.8”
Orientation: North is 1.3° CCW
Field of View: 4.6 x 3.4 degrees
Constellation: Sculptor

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	797.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	660.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	467.0 nm

ID: eso1536c
Subject Category: C.5.2.2
Subject Name: Sculptor Dwarf Galaxy
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2015-09-16T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1536c/

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, Orange, Cyan

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength: 797, 660, 467

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 15.009368939, -33.7318828419
Reference Dimension: 16558.0, 12225.0

Reference Pixel: 8279.0, 6112.5
Scale: -0.000280016497456, 0.000280016497456
Rotation: 1.3200000000000003
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes: 4.1397

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: eso1536c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1536c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-08-24T10:01:17+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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