I "bought" a star. Where can I get a picture of it?

On Tue, 13 Apr 1999, Windy wrote:

> I would like to obtain a photo of a star, do you know where I could =
> commision someone to take a photo of it. The co-ordinates are 10h57m17s =
> +21'08'26"

Generally, it is not possible to commision a professional astronomer to
take a picture of a particular object. However, the entire sky has been
imaged by telescopes. If you go to the following website, you can enter
your coordinates and see a picture of that patch of sky.

http://arch-http.hq.eso.org/dss/dss

Thanks for writing!

Sincerely,
Kurtis Williams

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