Wide field view of the sky around the very faint neutron star RX J1856.5-3754

Eso_eso1641b_1024

eso_eso1641b November 30th, 2016

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide field image shows the sky around the very faint neutron star RX J1856.5-3754 in the southern constellation of Corona Australis. This part of the sky also contains interesting regions of dark and bright nebulosity surrounding the variable star R Coronae Australis (upper left), as well as the globular star cluster NGC 6723. The neutron star itself is too faint to be seen here, but lies very close to the centre of the image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1641b/

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
RX J1856.5-3754
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Neutron Star
Eso_eso1641b_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 56m 18.4s
DEC = -37° 52’ 52.9”
Orientation
North is 1.7° CW
Field of View
3.1 x 3.5 degrees
Constellation
Corona Australis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue DSS (None) Optical (B) -
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (I) -
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Eso_eso1641b_1280
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ID
eso1641b
Subject Category
B.3.1.9  
Subject Name
RX J1856.5-3754
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2 Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2016-11-30T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1641b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Red, Green
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
B, I, R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
284.076472033, -37.8813558772
Reference Dimension
11037.0, 12442.0
Reference Pixel
5518.5, 6221.0
Scale
-0.000280154334026, 0.000280154334026
Rotation
-1.7200000000000015
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
eso1641b
Metadata Date
2016-11-28T09:56:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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