Wide-field view of the newly discovered globular cluster VVV CL001
This wide-field image of the very rich region around the newly discovered globular cluster VVV CL001 and its brighter companion UKS 1 was created from photographs taken through blue, red and infrared filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The globular star clusters are close to the centre of this picture, but are almost totally invisible in this view. The field of view is approximately 2.8 degrees across.
Credit:ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
About the Image
| Id: | eso1141e |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 19 October 2011, 12:00 |
| Related releases: | eso1141 |
| Size: | 10422 x 10514 px |
About the Object
| Name: | UKS 1, VVV CL001 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Grouping : Cluster : Globular |
| Constellation: | Sagittarius |
| Category: | Star Clusters |
Image Formats
Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 17 54 41.93 |
| Position (Dec): | -24° 0' 55.27" |
| Field of view: | 175.38 x 176.92 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.6° right of vertical |
View in WorldWide Telescope:
Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical B | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical Pseudogreen (B+R) | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |