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 |
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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
Band | Telescope |
---|---|
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.