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.

Credit:

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]

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0305b
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:22 januari 2003
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0305
Grootte:1536 x 1539 px

Over het object

Naam:HD 47536
Type:Milky Way : Star : Spectral Type : K
Afstand:400 lichtjaren
Constellation:Canis Major
Categorie:Stars

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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

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Optisch
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2