"First light" for NAOS-CONICA at VLT YEPUN

Eso_eso0137a_1024

eso_eso0137a December 3rd, 2001

Credit: ESO

The first image in the infrared K-band (wavelength 2.2 µm) of a star (visual magnitude 8) obtained - before (left) and after (right) the adaptive optics was switched on (see the text). The middle panel displays the 3-D intensity profiles of these images, demonstrating the tremendous gain, both in image sharpness and central intensity.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
European Southern Observatory First Light
Subject - General
Star

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Pseudocolor VLT (NACO) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Spectrum_base
Pseudocolor
Eso_eso0137a_1280
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ID
eso0137a
Subject Category
E.3  
Subject Name
European Southern Observatory, First Light
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2001-12-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Pseudocolor
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
2200
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
800.0, 558.0
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
eso0137a
Metadata Date
2010-02-26T11:45:45+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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