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Wide-field image of the sky around U Antliae

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eso_eso1730c September 20th, 2017

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

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 shows the very red carbon star U Antliae and its surroundings.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1730c/

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: U Antliae
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Type > Variable

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 35m 13.0s; DEC = -39° 33’ 39.0”
Orientation: North is 1.3° CCW
Field of View: 2.4 x 2.1 degrees
Constellation: Antlia

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	797.5 nm
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	660.0 nm

Spectrum_base

Orange

Cyan

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ID: eso1730c
Subject Category: B.3.2.1
Subject Name: U Antliae
Credits: ESO, Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2017-09-20T12:00:00
Lightyears
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1730c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Orange, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R
Central Wavelength: 797.5, 660

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 158.804324325, -39.5608261613
Reference Dimension: 8451.0, 7579.0

Reference Pixel: 4225.0, 3789.0
Scale: -0.000280168331162, 0.000280168331162
Rotation: 1.3199999999999998
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

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1730c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1730c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-09-16T11:42:33+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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