Cosmic Atlas object record

3eRASS J174040.9-800019

3eRASS J174040.9-800019, 3eRASSJ174040.9-800019

3eRASS J174040.9-800019 is a Cosmic Atlas object record of type xray_extended from eROSITA-DE DR2 extended sources. Its catalog position is right ascension 265.1707091523456 degrees and declination -80.0054335469627 degrees. Its catalog distance is 604338878.7188108 light-years. Its apparent magnitude is 12.071778439098294.

3eRASS J174040.9-800019
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Object type
xray_extended
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
265.1707091523456°
Declination
-80.0054335469627°
Reference frame
eROSITA X-ray ICRS sky position transformed to heliocentric ecliptic Cartesian coordinates
Distance
604338878.7188108 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
12.071778439098294
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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