Celestial scribbled notes

This colour-composite image was obtained by FORS1 on ANTU. It displays a sky area near the Chamaeleon I complex of bright nebulae and hot stars in the constellation of the same name, close to the southern celestial pole.This picture was taken a few days before the Paranal Inauguration and the "hand-over" to the astronomers on April 1, 1999.This colour composite photo of the Chamaeleon I area is based on six 1-min exposures obtained with VLT UT1 + FORS1 in the V, R and I bands. The sky field measures 6.8 x 11.2 arcmin2; North is up and East is left.

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ID:eso9921c
Typ:Observation
Publiceringsdatum:6 mars 1999
Relaterade pressmeddelanden:eso9921
Storlek:2880 x 4796 px

Om objektet

Namn:Chamaeleon I
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Dark
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Avstånd:500 ljusår
Constellation:Chamaeleon
Kategori:Nebulae

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Koordinater

Position (RA):11 6 48.11
Position (Dec):-77° 17' 59.92"
Field of view:6.55 x 10.90 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord är 0.4° höger om lodrätt

Färger och filter

BandTeleskop
Synligt ljus
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Synligt ljus
R
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Infrarött
I
Very Large Telescope
FORS1