K-band image of the Galactic Centre

K-band image of the central 6 x 13 square arcsec around the Galactic Centre obtained by MACAO-VLTI under average atmospheric conditions (0.8 arcsec seeing) with an exposure time of 90 seconds. Although the 14.6 magnitude guide star is located roughly 20 arcsec from the field centre - this leading to isoplanatic degradation of image sharpness - the present image is nearly diffraction limited and has a point-source FWHM of about 0.115 arcsec.

Crédit:

ESO

À propos de l'image

Identification:eso0313h
Type:Observation
Date de publication:13 mai 2003
Communiqués de presse en rapport:eso0313
Taille:1440 x 627 px

À propos de l'objet

Nom:Milky Way Galactic Centre
Type:Milky Way : Galaxy : Component : Center/Core
Distance:25000 années lumière
Constellation:Sagittarius
Catégorie:Galaxies

Image Formats

Grand JPEG
168,2 Kio

Fonds d'écran

1024x768
140,4 Kio
1280x1024
194,0 Kio
1600x1200
255,0 Kio
1920x1200
305,5 Kio
2048x1536
357,3 Kio

Coordinates

Position (RA):17 45 40.11
Position (Dec):-29° 0' 27.99"
Field of view:0.25 x 0.11 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 6.0° left of vertical

Couleurs & filtres

DomaineLongueur d'ondeTélescope
Infrarouge
K
2.2 μmVery Large Telescope Interferometer
AMBER