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View of the galactic centre

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eso_galactic-centre-e December 16th, 2019

Credit: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti

View of the Galactic centre captured with ESO's VISTA infrared survey telescope, as part of the Variables in the Via Lactea (VVV) ESO public survey.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/galactic-centre-e/

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

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 45m 40.4s; DEC = -29° 0’ 35.2”
Orientation: North is 58.6° CCW
Field of View: 2.1 x 0.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM)	Infrared (Ks)	2.2 µm
	Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM)	Infrared (H)	1.7 µm
	Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM)	Infrared (J)	1.3 µm

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ID: galactic-centre-e
Subject Category: B.5.4.9
Subject Name: Milky Way Galactic Centre
Credits: ESO/VVV Survey/D. Minniti

Release Date: 2019-12-16T17:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/galactic-centre-e/

Type: Observation
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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

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 266.418440068, -29.0097661109
Reference Dimension: 2315.0, 938.0

Reference Pixel: 1157.5, 469.0
Scale: -1.47608010039e-05, 1.47608010039e-05
Rotation: 58.639999999999958
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: galactic-centre-e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/galactic-centre-e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-10-11T09:18:39.108538
Metadata Version: 1.1

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