Centre of galaxy cluster MS1008.1-1224
eso_eso9920q February 27th, 1999
Credit: ESO
True-colour image of the centre of the cluster of galaxies, MS1008.1-1224, combined from exposures with the FORS1 multi-mode instrument at VLT UT1, in the four optical bands, B (blue; exposure time 4950 sec; image quality 0.60 - 0.85 arcsec), V (green; 5400 sec; 0.50 - 0.75 arcsec), R (red; 5400 sec; 0.45 - 0.75 arcsec) and I (near-infrared; 4050 sec; 0.45 - 0.75). The field measures about 200 x 200 arcsec 2.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920q/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
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- ID
- eso9920q
- Subject Category
- D.3.6.4
- Subject Name
- MS 1008.1-1224
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 1999-02-27T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso9920q/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Redshift distance from NED
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red, Red
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- I, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 768, 655, 557, 440
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 152.642109, -12.663548
- Reference Dimension
- 2884.0, 2836.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1107.07341846, 1425.66663089
- Scale
- -1.837754e-05, 1.837754e-05
- Rotation
- -0.14456192061
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso9920q
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso9920q.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-08T13:23:51+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
