The RCW 38 cluster in visible light

eso_eso2503b February 13th, 2025

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This image shows the RCW 38 stellar cluster in visible light. Dust absorbs most light at these wavelengths, hiding large areas of this cluster from us.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2503b/

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: RCW 38
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Grouping > Cluster

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 8h 59m 6.7s; DEC = -47° 29’ 56.7”
Orientation: North is 40.5° CCW
Field of View: 1.0 x 0.7 degrees
Constellation: Vela

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso2503b
Subject Category: B.3.6.4
Subject Name: RCW 38
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2025-02-13T14:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2503b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, B
Central Wavelength

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 134.7778494, -47.499079
Reference Dimension: 10781.0, 7390.0

Reference Pixel: 5391.0, 3695.5
Scale: -9.444e-05, 9.444e-05
Rotation: 40.49
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

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: eso2503b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2503b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2025-02-05T10:54:48+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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