Globular Cluster NGC 6712

Eso_eso9909a_1024

eso_eso9909a February 18th, 1999

Credit: ESO

The globular cluster NGC 6712 and its surroundings. The image to the left shows the five fields that were extensively observed with the VLT Test Camera on 23 August 1998, within the VLT UT1 Science Verification Programme. The reproduction is based on 15-min CCD exposures through an optical filter, transmitting red light (wavelength approx. 700 nm). The photo to the right has been reproduced from a photographic plate obtained with the UK 48-inch Schmidt telescope (Coonabarabran, NSW, Australia) during a survey of the southern sky. It shows this globular cluster in a rich stellar field, just south of the galactic plane. Each of the five VLT fields measures about 1.5 arcmin on a side, or about 10 light-years at the distance of the cluster. The Schmidt field, in which the outline of the VLT fields is indicated, covers about 12 x 12 square arcmin. North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9909a/

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
NGC 6712
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
VLT (None) -
Eso_eso9909a_1280
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ID
eso9909a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
NGC 6712
Credits
ESO
Release Date
1999-02-18T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9909a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://cdsweb.cern.ch/record/488378/files/0102331.pdf
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
None
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
2922.0, 1356.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
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
eso9909a
Metadata Date
2009-01-20T11:57:55+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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