The central part of Messier 12

Centre of the globular cluster Messier 12 as observed with the FORS-1 multi-mode instrument on ESO's Very Large Telescope (Cerro Paranal, Chile). The picture covers a region of about 3.5 arcmin on a side, corresponding to about 23 light-years at the distance of Messier 12. It is based on data in five different filters : U, B, V, R and H-alpha. Here only the short exposures were used while for their scientific analysis, the authors used much longer exposures. Guido De Marchi (ESA) reduced the data and Kristina Boneva and Haennes Heyer (ESO) did the final image processing. The observations were obtained with very good conditions, the image quality ('seeing') being around 0.6 arcsec.

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Om billedet

Id:eso0604a
Type:Observation
Udgivelsesdato:7. februar 2006
Relaterede pressemeddelelser:eso0604
Størrelse:3060 x 3056 px

Om objektet

Navn:Messier 12
Type:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Open
Afstand:23000 lysår
Constellation:Ophiuchus
Kategori:Star Clusters

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Position (RA):16 47 14.25
Position (Dec):-1° 56' 48.17"
Field of view:3.39 x 3.39 arcminutes
Orientering:Nord er 0.0° venstre fra lodret

Farver & filtre

BåndBølgelængdeTeleskop
Optisk
H-alpha
656 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisk
R
600 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisk
V
554 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Optisk
B
420 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1
Ultraviolet
U
360 nmVery Large Telescope
FORS1