Wide-field View of Aquarius

Noirlab_aquarius_dss_b-ri_16bit_jul2023_1024

noirlab_Aquarius_DSS_B-RI_16bit_Jul2023 April 14th, 2009

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey

A wide-field view of the constellation Aquarius.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Aquarius_DSS_B-RI_16bit_Jul2023/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Noirlab_aquarius_dss_b-ri_16bit_jul2023_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 22h 39m 49.8s
DEC = -17° 21’ 8.5”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CW
Field of View
1.1 x 0.8 degrees
Constellation
Aquarius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange DSS (None) Optical (I) 825.0 nm
Cyan DSS (None) Optical (R) 649.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Orange
Cyan
Noirlab_aquarius_dss_b-ri_16bit_jul2023_1280
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ID
Aquarius_DSS_B-RI_16bit_Jul2023
Subject Category
Subject Name
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2009-04-14T21:50:23
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Aquarius_DSS_B-RI_16bit_Jul2023/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R
Central Wavelength
825, 649
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
339.957626521, -17.3523548582
Reference Dimension
3797.0, 2992.0
Reference Pixel
1899.0, 1495.5
Scale
-0.000283201463053155, 0.000283230622389426
Rotation
-0.68818904567138
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
Aquarius_DSS_B-RI_16bit_Jul2023
Resource URL
http://noirlab.edu/public/media/archives/images/original/Aquarius_DSS_B-RI_16bit_Jul2023.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2023-07-04T08:39:58+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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