Giant star HD 47536
Sky area of 10 x 10 square arcmin around the 6th-magnitude giant star HD 47536 at which an exoplanet has been found in 2003 (reproduced from the Digital Sky Survey). The pattern is caused by internal reflections in the telescope from this relatively bright object.
Credit:Reproduced from the Digital Sky Survey [STScI Digitized Sky Survey, (C) 1993, 1994, AURA, Inc. all rights reserved - cf.http://archive.eso.org/dss/dss]
About the Image
| Id: | eso0305b |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 22 January 2003 |
| Related releases: | eso0305 |
| Size: | 1536 x 1539 px |
About the Object
| Name: | HD 47536 |
| Type: | Milky Way : Star : Spectral Type : K |
| Distance: | 400 light years |
| Constellation: | Canis Major |
| Category: | Stars |
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Coordinates
| Position (RA): | 6 37 48.53 |
| Position (Dec): | -32° 20' 15.08" |
| Field of view: | 9.96 x 9.99 arcminutes |
| Orientation: | North is 0.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
| Band | Telescope |
|---|---|
| Optical R | Digitized Sky Survey 2 |