Small field near centre of Omega Centauri (NTT)

Small field near centre of Omega Centauri (NTT). This false-colour photo has been reproduced directly from the best CCD frame obtained with the ESO New Techonology Telescope during the night of ``first light'' on March 23, 1989. It shows a field near the centre of the bright southern globular cluster Omega Centauri; the size is approximately square arcsecond. The atmospheric ``seeing'' was extremely good, and the diameter of the stellar images (at half of the maximum intensity) is measured as 0.33 arcseconds. The exposure lasted 10 seconds. North is up and East is to the left. (ESO Press Release eso8904; Colour)

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso8904c
Type:Observation
Date de publication:11 mai 1989
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso8904
Taille:1686 x 1779 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:NGC 5139, Omega Centauri
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Distance:17000 années lumière
Catégorie:Star Clusters

Formats des images

Grand JPEG
1,1 Mio
JPEG taille écran
475,5 Kio

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineTélescope
VisibleNew Technology Telescope

Exposure time: 10s