The region around Cassiopeia A (ground-based image)
The two-colour image shows an overview of area of Cas A and was composed from two images from the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is slightly less than 3 degrees.
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About the Image
Id: | heic0609b |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | 29 August 2006, 15:00 |
Related releases: | heic0609 |
Size: | 9796 x 9800 px |
About the Object
Coordinates
Position (RA): | 23 23 10.30 |
Position (Dec): | 58° 50' 10.39" |
Field of view: | 164.63 x 164.70 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 1.0° left of vertical |
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Colours & filters
Band | Telescope |
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Optical B | DSS |
Optical B+I | DSS |
Infrared I | DSS |
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