The Omega Centauri globular cluster of stars

Eso_eso8904a_1024

eso_eso8904a May 11th, 1989

Credit: ESO

The Omega Centauri globular cluster of stars is the brightest of its type in the sky and contains several millions of stars. It is here reproduced from a photographic plate obtained with the ESO 1 m Schmidt telescope. The exposure time was 15 minutes on a blue-sensitive emulsion. The field shown is approximately square degrees. The small square near the centre (arrow) indicates the square arcsecond field shown in photo (D); the square arcsecond field in photo (C) is four times larger. North is up and East is to the left. (ESO Press Release eso8904; BW)

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8904a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Omega Centauri
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
Eso_eso8904a_1280
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ID
eso8904a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
Omega Centauri
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1989-05-11T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso8904a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
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Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2838.0, 2214.0
Reference Pixel
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Rotation
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Quality
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
eso8904a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso8904a.tif
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Metadata Date
2012-05-24T14:25:57+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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