The field around Baade's window

Part of one of the four regions of the sky in the direction of the Galactic Bulge in which the astronomers measured the iron and oxygen abundances in stars. This particular field is in the vicinity of the so-called 'Baade's Window', a region with relatively low amounts of interstellar "dust" that could block the sight, allowing astronomers to peer into the central parts of the Milky Way galactic centre and beyond. The globular cluster NGC 6528 is visible in the lower left corner. The image is a colour composite, based on images obtained in the B-, V-, and I-filters with the FORS instrument on the ESO VLT. The images were extracted from the ESO Science Archive and processed by Henri Boffin (ESO). North is to the right and East on top

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ESO

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Id:eso0634a
Tipo:Observação
Data de divulgação:12 de Setembro de 2006
Notícias relacionadas:eso0634
Tamanho:800 x 828 px

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Nome:Baade Window
Tipo:Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core
Distância:25000 anos-luz
Categoria:Star Clusters

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Óptico
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FORS1
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Very Large Telescope
FORS1
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Very Large Telescope
FORS1