Close-up view of the sky around the star HD 10180

This image shows a close-up of the sky around the star HD 10180. The picture was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is approximately eleven arcminutes across. The blue and orange halos around the star, and the eight spikes of light, are artifacts of the imaging process and are not real. The remarkable planetary system around this star is far too faint and close in to be visible in this image.

Credit:

ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

About the Image

Id:eso1035c
Type:Observation
Release date:24 August 2010, 10:00
Related releases:eso1035
Size:1344 x 1344 px

About the Object

Name:HD 10180
Type:Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Planetary System
Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Main Sequence
Distance:130 light years
Constellation:Hydrus
Category:Exoplanets

Image Formats

Large JPEG
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Screensize JPEG
170.0 KB

Wallpapers

1024x768
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1280x1024
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1600x1200
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1920x1200
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2048x1536
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Coordinates

Position (RA):1 37 54.23
Position (Dec):-60° 30' 54.47"
Field of view:11.29 x 11.29 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 1.5° right of vertical

Colours & filters

BandTelescope
Optical
B
Digitized Sky Survey 2
N/A
Optical
R
Digitized Sky Survey 2
N/A

Notes: The blue and orange halos surrounding the stars are artificial.