Widefield image of the sky around π1 Gruis
This colourful image shows the sky around the bright pair of stars π1 Gruis (centre-right, very red) and π2 Gruis (centre-left, bluish-white). Just right of centre the bright spiral galaxy IC 5201 is also visible and many other fainter galaxies are scattered across this wide-field image from the Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Credit:ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | eso1741b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 20 December 2017, 19:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1741 |
| Size: | 11256 x 9564 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 212087, π1 Gruis |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Red Giant |
| Constellation: | Grus |
| Category: | Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 22 22 45.49 |
| Position (Dec): | -45° 56' 34.49" |
| Field of view: | 191.23 x 162.48 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.8° right of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical O | Digitized Sky Survey |
| Optical O | Digitized Sky Survey |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical I | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |