Comparison of the central part of the Milky Way at different wavelengths
eso_eso1606i February 24th, 2016
Credit: ESO/ATLASGAL consortium/NASA/GLIMPSE consortium/VVV Survey/ESA/Planck/D. Minniti/S. GuisardAcknowledgement: Ignacio Toledo, Martin Kornmesser
This image shows the same part of sky again at even shorter wavelengths, the near-infrared, as seen by ESO’s VISTA infrared survey telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile. Regions appearing as dark dust tendrils here show up brightly in the ATLASGAL view. This image is part of a comparison image.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1606i/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1606i
- 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
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1606i/
- 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
- Ks, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- 2150, 1650, 1250
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- 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
- 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
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1606i
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1606i.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-10-11T09:21:28.896904
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
