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Wide-field view of the sky around the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii

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eso_eso1627c July 27th, 2016

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

This wide-field image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows the rich starfields surrounding the exotic binary star system AR Scorpii.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1627c/

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: AR Scorpii
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Binary

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 21m 47.5s; DEC = -22° 53’ 8.3”
Orientation: North is 1.1° CCW
Field of View: 1.2 x 1.4 degrees
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS (None)	Optical (R)	-
	DSS (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: eso1627c
Subject Category: B.3.6.1
Subject Name: AR Scorpii
Credits: Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2016-07-27T19:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1627c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Orange, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 245.447762207, -22.8856479533
Reference Dimension: 4356.0, 4833.0

Reference Pixel: 2178.0, 2416.0
Scale: -0.000283324123195, 0.000283324123195
Rotation: 1.0800000000000003
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
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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: eso1627c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1627c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-07-25T11:47:22+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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