Wide-field View of Lupus 3

Noirlab_lupus3_dss_16bit_bri_sep2012_1024

noirlab_Lupus3_DSS_16bit_BRI_Sep2012 May 18th, 2023

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey

A wide-field view of the dark interstellar cloud Lupus 3.

Provider: NOIRLab

Image Source: https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Lupus3_DSS_16bit_BRI_Sep2012/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
lupus 3
Noirlab_lupus3_dss_16bit_bri_sep2012_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 9m 7.1s
DEC = -39° 4’ 50.2”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Scorpius

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
Noirlab_lupus3_dss_16bit_bri_sep2012_1280
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ID
Lupus3_DSS_16bit_BRI_Sep2012
Subject Category
Subject Name
lupus 3
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey
Release Date
2023-05-18T08:39:30
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://noirlab.edu/public/images/Lupus3_DSS_16bit_BRI_Sep2012/
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
242.279396376, -39.0806209871
Reference Dimension
10573.0, 10570.0
Reference Pixel
5287.0, 5284.5
Scale
-0.000280256179323543, 0.000279820276223054
Rotation
0.72366645157206
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
Lupus3_DSS_16bit_BRI_Sep2012
Metadata Date
2012-09-04T15:12:58+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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