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
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