The sky around the triple-star system HD 131399

eso_eso1624e July 7th, 2016

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This wide-field image shows a piece of the constellation of Centaurus (The Centaur) centred on the position of the triple star HD 131399. It was created from images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. HD 131399 itself appears as a star of moderate brightness exactly at the centre of the picture.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1624e/

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: Centaurus Constellation • HD 131399Ab
Subject - General: Sky Phenomenon > Night Sky > Constellation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 14h 54m 25.1s; DEC = -34° 8’ 28.1”
Orientation: North is 0.6° CCW
Field of View: 3.1 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation: Centaurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R+IR)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B+R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1624e
Subject Category: E.7.1.1
Subject Name: Centaurus Constellation, HD 131399Ab
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2016-07-07T20:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1624e/

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, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R+IR, B+R, B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 223.604442066, -34.141131591
Reference Dimension: 11184.0, 10085.0

Reference Pixel: 5592.0, 5042.5
Scale: -0.000280451551313, 0.000280451551313
Rotation: 0.64000000000000024
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org
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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: eso1624e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1624e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-06-30T16:43:51+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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