First Kilonova Progenitor System

Noirlab_adhara_dss_16b_b-ri_jan2023_1024

noirlab_Adhara_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jan2023 February 1st, 2023

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey

An image of the area around the first-identified kilonova progenitor system.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Adhara_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jan2023/

Curator: NSF's NOIRLab, Tucson, AZ, USA

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Noirlab_adhara_dss_16b_b-ri_jan2023_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 59m 30.6s
DEC = -28° 53’ 42.0”
Orientation
North is 0.4° CCW
Field of View
3.7 x 3.4 degrees
Constellation
Canis Major

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Orange DSS (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (B) 479.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Orange
Cyan
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ID
Adhara_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jan2023
Subject Category
Subject Name
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2023-02-01T09:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Adhara_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jan2023/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
825, 649, 479
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
104.877351494, -28.8949943136
Reference Dimension
13321.0, 12314.0
Reference Pixel
6661.0, 6156.5
Scale
-0.000280400648444808, 0.000279817083636297
Rotation
0.38626848309406
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
NSF's NOIRLab
URL
https://noirlab.edu
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
950 North Cherry Ave.
City
Tucson
State/Province
AZ
Postal Code
85719
Country
USA
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
NSF's NOIRLab
Publisher ID
noirlab
Resource ID
Adhara_DSS_16b_B-RI_Jan2023
Metadata Date
2023-01-31T10:33:51+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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