Wide-field view of the newly discovered globular cluster VVV CL001

Eso_eso1141e_1024

eso_eso1141e October 19th, 2011

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide-field image of the very rich region around the newly discovered globular cluster VVV CL001 and its brighter companion UKS 1 was created from photographs taken through blue, red and infrared filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The globular star clusters are close to the centre of this picture, but are almost totally invisible in this view. The field of view is approximately 2.8 degrees across.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1141e/

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
UKS 1 VVV CL001
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster > Globular
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 54m 41.9s
DEC = -24° 0’ 55.3”
Orientation
North is 0.6° CW
Field of View
2.9 x 2.9 degrees
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (Pseudogreen (B+R)) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1141e
Subject Category
B.3.6.4.2  
Subject Name
UKS 1, VVV CL001
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2011-10-19T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1141e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, Pseudogreen (B+R), B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
268.674727746, -24.0153515035
Reference Dimension
10422.0, 10514.0
Reference Pixel
5211.0, 5257.0
Scale
-0.000280459328283, 0.000280459328283
Rotation
-0.63999999999999924
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
eso1141e
Metadata Date
2011-06-10T13:51:31+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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