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Minor planet (4015) / comet Wilson–Harrington

Eso_eso9212f_1024

eso_eso9212f August 18th, 1992

Credit: ESO

Wide-field image around the Minor Planet (4015) / Comet Wilson–Harrington.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9212f/

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: Comet Wilson-Harrington • Minor Planet (4015)
Subject - Solar System: Interplanetary Body > Comet

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 16h 27m 41.9s; DEC = -23° 35’ 15.1”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 1.2 x 1.5 degrees
Constellation: Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Other (None)	Optical (B)	-

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ID: eso9212f
Subject Category: A.2.2
Subject Name: Comet Wilson-Harrington, Minor Planet (4015)
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1992-08-18T11:04:49
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9212f/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: N/A

Facility: Other
Instrument: None
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Optical
Bandpass: B
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 246.924391507, -23.5875182582
Reference Dimension: 1280.0, 1593.0

Reference Pixel: 519.0, 831.0
Scale: -0.000963829144393, 0.000963829144393
Rotation: -0.00541399699457
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Position
FITS Header
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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: eso9212f

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9212f.tif
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Metadata Date: 2010-11-09T14:27:46+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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