Sky field in Ophiuchus
The image shows the a new stellar system, as imaged with the ISAAC multi-mode instrument on the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope at Paranal during the follow-up observations. The circumstellar disk is well visible in the left part of the field as a shadow in front of the nebula. Many background galaxies are visible in this deep image and one edge-on galaxy is seen visible close to the image centre.
The image is based on the combination of three 10-min exposures in the mentioned infrared filters, obtained with the ISAAC instrument on the 8.2-m VLT ANTU telescope. The field measures 2.1 x 1.6 arcmin2. The seeing was 0.4 arcsec and the pixel size is 0.148 arcsec.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0214b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 7 May 2002 |
| Related releases: | eso0214 |
| Size: | 873 x 698 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Rho Ophiuchi |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Circumstellar Material : Disk : Protoplanetary Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Young Stellar Object |
| Distance: | 500 light years |
| Constellation: | Ophiuchus |
| Category: | Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 16 28 10.71 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 31' 49.68" |
| Field of view: | 2.11 x 1.68 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.8° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Infrared J | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
| Infrared H | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |
| Infrared K | Very Large Telescope ISAAC |