Wide-field view of the sky around the nearby star AU Microscopii

Eso_eso1538c_1024

eso_eso1538c October 7th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image shows the sky around the nearby young star AU Microscopii. It was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. AU Mic appears just below the centre of the image as an orangish star of moderate brightness. Because the photographs through different coloured filters that were used to make this picture were taken many years apart, AU Mic appears double, as the star’s own proper motion has moved it a small distance across the sky in the intervening time.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1538c/

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
Au Mic Au Microscopii
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material
Eso_eso1538c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 20h 45m 16.0s
DEC = -30° 56’ 43.5”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
3.8 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation
Microscopium

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1538c
Subject Category
B.3.7  
Subject Name
Au Mic, Au Microscopii
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2015-10-07T19:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1538c/
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, Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
311.316680347, -30.9454045247
Reference Dimension
13596.0, 11808.0
Reference Pixel
6798.0, 5904.0
Scale
-0.000280307654758, 0.000280307654758
Rotation
-0.66000000000000014
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
eso1538c
Metadata Date
2015-08-05T17:25:06+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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