VISTA view of the newly discovered globular cluster VVV CL002 close to the centre of the Milky Way
eso_eso1141b October 19th, 2011
Credit: ESO/D. Minniti/VVV Team
This image from VISTA is a tiny part of the VISTA Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) survey that is systematically studying the central parts of the Milky Way in infrared light. In the centre lies the faint newly found globular star cluster, VVV CL002. This previously unknown globular, which appears as an inconspicuous concentration of faint stars near the centre of the picture, lies close to the centre of the Milky Way.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1141b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
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- ID
- eso1141b
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.2
- Subject Name
- VVV CL002
- Credits
- ESO/D. Minniti/VVV Team
- Release Date
- 2011-10-19T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1141b/
- 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
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- K, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- 2200, 1600, 1100
- Start Time
- 2011-04-07T00:00:00, 2011-04-07T00:00:00, 2011-04-07T00:00:00
- Integration Time
- 8, 8, 24
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 265.276086129, -28.844643456
- Reference Dimension
- 1763.0, 1761.0
- Reference Pixel
- 881.5, 880.5
- Scale
- -4.74213969025e-05, 4.74213969025e-05
- Rotation
- -31.9303968199795
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso1141b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1141b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2014-11-28T18:40:58Z
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
