Digitized Sky Survey Image of the Eagle Nebula

esahubble_heic1501e January 5th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

This image is a colour composite of the Eagle Nebula (M 16) made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 3.8 x 3.3 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1501e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Eagle Nebula • M 16 • Messier 16
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 18m 47.1s; DEC = -13° 51’ 10.5”
Orientation: North is 5.7° CCW
Field of View: 3.9 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation: Serpens

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: heic1501e
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name: Eagle Nebula, M 16, Messier 16
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

Release Date: 2015-01-05T23:15:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1501e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 274.696238539, -13.8529216192
Reference Dimension: 13749.0, 11772.0

Reference Pixel: 6874.0, 5886.0
Scale: -0.000280375038829, 0.000280375038829
Rotation: 5.739999999999994
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1501e

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1501e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-06-07T17:58:49+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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