Stars around Sgr A* in July 2021

eso_eso2119e December 14th, 2021

Credit: ESO/GRAVITY collaboration

This image show stars orbiting very close to Sgr A* (centre), the supermassive black hole at the heart of the Milky Way. They were obtained with the GRAVITY instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) at the end of July 2021.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2119e/

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: Sagittarius A*
Subject - Milky Way: Galaxy > Component > Central Black Hole

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 40.0s; DEC = -29° 0’ 26.7”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 0.0 x 0.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLTI (GRAVITY)	Infrared (K)	2.2 µm

ID: eso2119e
Subject Category: B.5.4.6
Subject Name: Sagittarius A*
Credits: ESO/GRAVITY collaboration

Release Date: 2021-12-14T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2119e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope Interferometer
Instrument: GRAVITY
Color Assignment: Orange

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: K
Central Wavelength: 2200

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Dataset ID: None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.41676135, -29.0074152942
Reference Dimension: 1046.0, 1046.0

Reference Pixel: 523.0, 523.0
Scale: -8.20221663412e-08, 8.20221663412e-08
Rotation: -0
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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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: eso2119e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2119e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2021-09-28T11:53:49+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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