Cosmic Atlas object record

3eRASS J160927.2-262156

3eRASS J160927.2-262156, 3eRASSJ160927.2-262156

3eRASS J160927.2-262156 is a Cosmic Atlas object record of type xray_extended from eROSITA-DE DR2 extended sources. Its catalog position is right ascension 242.36350259652545 degrees and declination -26.365697029648064 degrees. Its catalog distance is 1000000000.0513351 light-years. Its apparent magnitude is 11.098468674771928.

3eRASS J160927.2-262156
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Object type
xray_extended
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
242.36350259652545°
Declination
-26.365697029648064°
Reference frame
Catalog ICRS sky position transformed to heliocentric ecliptic Cartesian coordinates
Distance
1000000000.0513351 ly
Distance kind
display_convention_unknown_distance
Uncertainty
[true,1.0e9]
Apparent magnitude
11.098468674771928
Catalog source
eROSITA-DE DR2 extended sources
Catalog identifier
erosita_dr2_extended
Source record type
erosita_dr2_extended
Catalog epoch
Catalog coordinates
Position epoch
Catalog sky position
Selection caveat
The object has no usable redshift or distance. It is drawn on a fixed 1e9 ly reference shell so the sky position remains visible; the shell radius is a display convention and is never a measurement.
Cosmology
Not supplied by the source catalog

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