Giant star HD 47536

Sky area of 10 x 10 square arcmin around the 6th-magnitude giant star HD 47536 at which an exoplanet has been found in 2003 (reproduced from the Digital Sky Survey). The pattern is caused by internal reflections in the telescope from this relatively bright object.

Crédit:

Reproduced from the Digital Sky Survey [STScI Digitized Sky Survey, (C) 1993, 1994, AURA, Inc. all rights reserved - cf.http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss]

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0305b
Type:Observation
Date de publication:22 janvier 2003
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0305
Taille:1536 x 1539 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:HD 47536
Type:Milky Way : Star : Spectral Type : K
Distance:400 années lumière
Constellation:Canis Major
Catégorie:Stars

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
335,9 Kio
JPEG taille écran
394,5 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
379,1 Kio
1280x1024
530,9 Kio
1600x1200
653,7 Kio
1920x1200
692,9 Kio
2048x1536
903,7 Kio

Coordinates

Position (RA):6 37 48.53
Position (Dec):-32° 20' 15.08"
Field of view:9.96 x 9.99 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.0° left of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
Visible
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Digitized Sky Survey 2