Cosmic Atlas object record

3eRASS J163103.8-874947

3eRASS J163103.8-874947, 3eRASSJ163103.8-874947

3eRASS J163103.8-874947 is a Cosmic Atlas object record of type xray_extended from eROSITA-DE DR2 extended sources. Its catalog position is right ascension 247.76620330172744 degrees and declination -87.82988914511296 degrees. Its catalog distance is 1000000000.0513351 light-years. Its apparent magnitude is 12.290735598768526.

3eRASS J163103.8-874947
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Object type
xray_extended
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
247.76620330172744°
Declination
-87.82988914511296°
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
12.290735598768526
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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