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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O snímku

Id:eso9921c
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:6. března 1999
Související články:eso9921
Velikost:2880 x 4796 px

O objektu

Jméno:Chamaeleon I
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Dark
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Vzdálenost:500 světelné roky
Constellation:Chamaeleon
Kategorie:Nebulae

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):11 6 48.11
Position (Dec):-77° 17' 59.92"
Field of view:6.55 x 10.90 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 0.4° pravá od svislé osy

Barvy & filtry

PásmoDalekohled
Optický
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Optický
R
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Infračervený
I
Very Large Telescope
FORS1