The globular cluster 47 Tuc

Based on data obtained with FORS1 on Kueyen, UT2 of the Very Large Telescope. The image, 7 arcmin wide, covers the central core of the 30 arcmin large globular cluster. The observations were taken in three different filters: U, R, and a narrow-band filter centred around 485 nm, for a total exposure time of less than 5 minutes. The data were extracted from the ESO Science Archive and processed by Rubina Kotak (ESO) and the final image processing was done by Henri Boffin (ESO). North is up and East is to the left.

Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0620a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:8 juni 2006
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0620
Grootte:5370 x 5455 px

Over het object

Naam:47 Tucanae
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular
Afstand:15000 lichtjaren
Constellation:Tucana
Categorie:Star Clusters

Afbeeldingstypen

Grote JPEG
9,6 MB

Inzoomen


Achtergrond

1024x768
609,7 KB
1280x1024
918,9 KB
1600x1200
1,2 MB
1920x1200
1,4 MB
2048x1536
1,8 MB

Coordinates

Position (RA):0 24 3.78
Position (Dec):-72° 4' 49.22"
Field of view:6.76 x 6.86 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.1° right of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Ultraviolet
U
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisch
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisch
R
Very Large Telescope
FORS1