Comparison of the central part of the Milky Way at different wavelengths

eso_eso1606g February 24th, 2016

Credit: ESO/ATLASGAL consortium/NASA/GLIMPSE consortium/VVV Survey/ESA/Planck/D. Minniti/S. GuisardAcknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo, Martin Kornmesser

The top panel shows compact sources of submillimetre radiation detected by APEX as part of the ATLASGAL survey, combined with complementary data from ESA’s Planck satellite, to capture more extended features. This image is part of a comparison image.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1606g/

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 • Milky Way Galactic Centre
Subject - Milky Way: Galaxy > Component > Center/Core

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 46m 9.6s; DEC = -28° 44’ 45.5”
Orientation: North is 58.6° CCW
Field of View: 20.5 x 3.2 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	APEX (LABOCA)	Millimeter (344 GHz)	870.0 µm

ID: eso1606g
Subject Category: B.5.4.9
Subject Name: Milky Way, Milky Way Galactic Centre
Credits: ESO/ATLASGAL consortium/NASA/GLIMPSE consortium/VVV Survey/ESA/Planck/D. Minniti/S. GuisardAcknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo, Martin Kornmesser

Release Date: 2016-02-24T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1606g/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Instrument: LABOCA
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Millimeter
Bandpass: 344 GHz
Central Wavelength: 870000

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.540011371, -28.7459673555
Reference Dimension: 12270.0, 1922.0

Reference Pixel: 6135.0, 961.0
Scale: -0.00167324049212, 0.00167324049212
Rotation: 58.600000000000023
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org
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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: eso1606g

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1606g.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-10-11T09:21:29.054250
Metadata Version: 1.1

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