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View of the galactic centre

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eso_galactic-centre-e December 16th, 2019

Credit: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti

View of the Galactic centre captured with ESO's VISTA infrared survey telescope, as part of the Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO public survey.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/galactic-centre-e/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Milky Way Galactic Centre
Subject - Milky Way: Galaxy > Component > Center/Core

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 40.4s; DEC = -29° 0’ 35.2”
Orientation: North is 58.6° CCW
Field of View: 2.1 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VISTA (VIRCAM)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm
	VISTA (VIRCAM)	Infrared (H)	1.7 µm
	VISTA (VIRCAM)	Infrared (Ks)	2.2 µm

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Green

Red

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ID: galactic-centre-e
Subject Category: B.5.4.9
Subject Name: Milky Way Galactic Centre
Credits: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti

Release Date: 2019-12-16T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/galactic-centre-e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
Instrument: VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
Color Assignment: Blue, Green, Red

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: J, H, Ks
Central Wavelength: 1250, 1650, 2150

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.418440068, -29.0097661109
Reference Dimension: 2315.0, 938.0

Reference Pixel: 1157.5, 469.0
Scale: -1.47608010039e-05, 1.47608010039e-05
Rotation: 58.639999999999958
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
Name
Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: galactic-centre-e

Resource URL: http://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/galactic-centre-e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2019-12-14T17:07:30.918549
Metadata Version: 1.1

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