Globular Star Cluster CI Ferrero 54
This is the globular star cluster CI Ferrero 54. A globular cluster is a spheroidal conglomeration of stars that is bound together by gravity, with a higher concentration of stars towards their centers. This object is one of the many cosmic treasures found within the new 1.3 gigapixel Vela Supernova Remnant image, captured with the Department of Energy-fabricated Dark Energy Camera, mounted on the US National Science Foundation's Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope at Cerro Tololo Inter-American Observatory in Chile, a Program of NSF’s NOIRLab.
Credit:CTIO/NOIRLab/DOE/NSF/AURA
Image Processing: T.A. Rector (University of Alaska Anchorage/NSF’s NOIRLab), M. Zamani & D. de Martin (NSF’s NOIRLab)
About the Image
Id: | noirlab2406e |
Type: | Observation |
Release date: | March 12, 2024, 8 a.m. |
Related releases: | noirlab2406 |
Size: | 466 x 466 px |
About the Object
Name: | CI Ferrero 54 |
Constellation: | Vela |
Category: | Star Clusters |
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Coordinates
Position (RA): | 8 33 48.82 |
Position (Dec): | -44° 26' 50.95" |
Field of view: | 2.09 x 2.09 arcminutes |
Orientation: | North is 0.3° left of vertical |
Colors & filters
Band | Wave-length | Tele-scope |
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Optical OIII | 501 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical S II | 673 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |
Optical H-alpha + NII | 662 nm | Víctor M. Blanco 4-meter Telescope DECam |