Wide-field view of the sky around VY Canis Majoris

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eso_eso1546c November 25th, 2015

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

This wide-field view shows the sky around the very brilliant red hypergiant star VY Canis Majoris, one of the largest stars known in the Milky Way. The star itself appears at the centre of the picture, which also includes clouds of glowing red hydrogen gas, dust clouds and the bright star cluster around the bright star Tau Canis Majoris towards the upper right. 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/eso1546c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
VY Canis Majoris
Subject - Milky Way
Star
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Red Supergiant
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 22m 58.8s
DEC = -25° 46’ 23.0”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
3.6 x 3.5 degrees
Constellation
Canis Major

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1546c
Subject Category
B.3   B.3.1.5  
Subject Name
VY Canis Majoris
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2015-11-25T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1546c/
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
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
110.745179381, -25.7730558543
Reference Dimension
12876.0, 12372.0
Reference Pixel
6438.0, 6186.0
Scale
-0.000280085489023, 0.000280085489023
Rotation
0.12
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
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso1546c
Metadata Date
2015-08-06T09:43:25+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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