FORS Deep Field near Q0103-260

Eso_eso9857d_1024

eso_eso9857d November 26th, 1998

Credit: ESO

During the commissioning of FORS1, "deep fields" were observed in order to estimate the limiting magnitudes of the new instrument. Fields were selected which do not contain bright stars that might reduce the image quality due to scattered light. This FORS "deep field" hosts the quasar Q0103-260, which is visible as a bright white source near the bottom, to the lower left (south-east) of the prominent spiral galaxy.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9857d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
FORS1 FORS Deep Field Q0103-260
Subject - Distant Universe
Cosmology
Eso_eso9857d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 1h 6m 3.9s
DEC = -25° 45’ 27.1”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View
3.5 x 3.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Sculptor

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
VLT (FORS1) Infrared (I) -
VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso9857d_1280
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ID
eso9857d
Subject Category
D.6  
Subject Name
FORS1, FORS Deep Field, Q0103-260
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1998-11-26T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9857d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Redshift distance to Q0103-260.
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
16.5162130727, -25.7575305791
Reference Dimension
2884.0, 2795.0
Reference Pixel
1442.0, 1397.5
Scale
-2.03445220893e-05, 2.03445220893e-05
Rotation
0.30210531126157797
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
eso9857d
Metadata Date
2009-01-12T15:25:24+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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