The R Coronae Australis region imaged with the Wide Field Imager at La Silla
The nearby star-forming region around the star R Coronae Australis imaged by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This picture, which covers a field of 33.7 x 31.9 arcminutes (about the diameter of the full Moon), is a combination of twelve CCD frames, 67 megapixels each, taken through B, V and R filters, with four exposures of five minutes each.
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ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1027a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 30 June 2010, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1027 |
| Size: | 8795 x 8573 px |
About the Object
| Name: | R Coronae Australis |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Type : Variable |
| Distance: | 400 light years |
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
| Optical B |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m WFI |
| Optical V |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m WFI |
| Optical R |
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m WFI |
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