The Arches cluster

This image of the Arches Cluster of young, massive stars was obtained with NACO on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. The field of view is 28 arcseconds. North is up and east is to the left. This image is a composite of infrared images obtained through J, H and K filters. The stars appear as bright cores surrounded by faint diffuse halos. This is typical of images obtained by adaptive optics instruments. The halo corresponds to light that was not fully corrected for the blurring effects of the Earth’s atmosphere.

Credit:

ESO/P. Espinoza

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0921a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:4 juni 2009
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0921
Grootte:1122 x 1021 px

Over het object

Naam:Arches Cluster
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster
Afstand:25000 lichtjaren
Constellation:Sagittarius
Categorie:Star Clusters

Afbeeldingstypen

Grote JPEG
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Achtergrond

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Coordinates

Position (RA):17 45 50.52
Position (Dec):-28° 49' 20.46"
Field of view:0.51 x 0.46 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.0° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandTelescoop
Infrarood
J
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Infrarood
H
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Infrarood
K
Very Large Telescope
NACO