Cosmic Atlas object record

3eRASS J051852.9-562816

3eRASS J051852.9-562816, 3eRASSJ051852.9-562816

3eRASS J051852.9-562816 is a Cosmic Atlas object record of type xray_extended from eROSITA-DE DR2 extended sources. Its catalog position is right ascension 79.72060388632114 degrees and declination -56.47129489868857 degrees. Its catalog distance is 1341944298.2029228 light-years. Its apparent magnitude is 12.686600600910555.

3eRASS J051852.9-562816
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Object type
xray_extended
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
79.72060388632114°
Declination
-56.47129489868857°
Reference frame
eROSITA X-ray ICRS sky position transformed to heliocentric ecliptic Cartesian coordinates
Distance
1341944298.2029228 ly
Distance kind
compiled_redshift_comoving
Uncertainty
[1.501e-4,"Redshift compiled from SIMBAD via the eROSITA-DE DR2 LS10 counterpart catalog; the source documentation warns these values are not always reliable."]
Apparent magnitude
12.686600600910555
Catalog source
eROSITA-DE DR2 extended sources
Catalog identifier
erosita_dr2_extended
Source record type
erosita_dr2_extended
Catalog epoch
eRASS:3 catalog coordinates
Position epoch
Catalog sky position; no proper-motion propagation
Selection caveat
Redshift compiled from SIMBAD via the DR2 LS10 counterpart catalog; the source documentation warns these values are not always reliable. Western Galactic hemisphere only.
Cosmology
{"name":"flat LambdaCDM","parameters":"H0=67.66 km/s/Mpc, Omega_m=0.30966, Omega_lambda=0.69034; line-of-sight comoving distance"}

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