Messier 68

This photo was obtained with VLT KUEYEN on April 4, 1999. It is reproduced from an excellent 60-second R(ed)-band exposure of the innermost region of a globular cluster, Messier 68 (NGC 4590), in the southern constellation Hydra (The Water-Snake). The distance to this 8-mag cluster is about 35,000 light years, and the diameter is about 140 light-years. The excellent image quality is 0.38 arcsec, demonstrating a good optical and mechanical state of the telescope, already at this early stage of the commissioning phase. The field measures about 90 x 90 arcsec 2. The original scale is 0.0455 pix/arcsec and there are 2048x2048 pixels in one frame. North is up and East is left.

Herkunftsnachweis:

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Über das Bild

ID:eso9923a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:7. April 1999
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso9923
Größe:1985 x 1983 px

Über das Objekt

Name:M 68, Messier 68
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Entfernung:35000 Lichtjahre
Constellation:Hydra
Kategorie:Star Clusters

Bildformate

Großes JPEG
1,1 MB

Bildschirm-Hintergrundbilder

1024x768
272,3 KB
1280x1024
411,8 KB
1600x1200
585,0 KB
1920x1200
720,9 KB
2048x1536
959,9 KB

Koordinaten

Position (RA):12 39 28.12
Position (Dec):-26° 44' 28.01"
Field of view:1.52 x 1.51 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 42.5° links zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Optisch
R
Very Large Telescope