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FORS1 first light - distant cluster of galaxies

Eso_eso9845c_1024

eso_eso9845c September 23rd, 1998

Credit: ESO

Produced from a 5-min near-infrared exposure, this image was obtained during the night of First Light of the FORS1 instrument (September 15, 1998). It shows an enlargment of the sky field near the quasar PB5763, showing the individual members of this cluster of galaxies in more detail.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9845c/

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: PB5763
Subject - Distant Universe: Galaxy > Activity > AGN > Quasar; Galaxy > Grouping > Cluster

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 9m 8.3s; DEC = 0° 37’ 15.2”
Orientation: North is 45.6° CCW
Field of View: 2.5 x 2.1 arcminutes
Constellation: Pisces

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (FORS1)	Infrared (I)	800.0 nm

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ID: eso9845c
Subject Category: D.5.3.2.1 D.5.5.3
Subject Name: PB5763
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 1998-09-23T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9845c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Distance to quasar PB 05763 in redshift from NED.

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: FORS1
Color Assignment: Grayscale

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: I
Central Wavelength: 800

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 2.28442469161, -0.620875607078
Reference Dimension: 2360.0, 2004.0

Reference Pixel: 1180.0, 1002.0
Scale: -1.75245955612e-05, 1.75245955612e-05
Rotation: 45.640000000000065
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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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: eso9845c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9845c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-08T13:24:55+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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