Pinpointing Gaia to Map the Milky Way
This image, a composite of several observations captured by ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope (VST), shows the space observatory Gaia as a faint trail of dots across the lower half of the star-filled field of view. These observations were taken as part of an ongoing collaborative effort to measure Gaia’s orbit and improve the accuracy of its unprecedented star map.
Credit:ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso1908a |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 2 May 2019, 15:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1908 |
| Size: | 1241 x 761 px |
About the Object
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 14 20 55.26 |
| Position (Dec): | -8° 52' 51.26" |
| Field of view: | 4.41 x 2.71 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is -0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
|---|---|---|
| Optical r | 625 nm | VLT Survey Telescope OmegaCAM |