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.

Kredit:

ESO/P. Espinoza

O snímku

Id:eso0921a
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:4. června 2009
Související články:eso0921
Velikost:1122 x 1021 px

O objektu

Jméno:Arches Cluster
Typ:Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster
Vzdálenost:25000 světelné roky
Constellation:Sagittarius
Kategorie:Star Clusters

Image Formats

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):17 45 50.52
Position (Dec):-28° 49' 20.46"
Field of view:0.51 x 0.46 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 0.0° levá od svislé osy

Barvy & filtry

PásmoDalekohled
Infračervený
J
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Infračervený
H
Very Large Telescope
NACO
Infračervený
K
Very Large Telescope
NACO