The Crab Nebula as seen by CONCERTO

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eso_ann21010d July 6th, 2021

Credit: CONCERTO team/A. Beelen, ESO

This image of the Crab Nebula (also known as Messier 1) in the constellation of Taurus is one of the first-light images taken by the CONCERTO instrument on APEX telescope, operated by ESO. It is the remnant of a supernova explosion at a distance of about 6,000 light-years, observed almost 1,000 years ago, in the year 1054. The total integration time is 3 minutes. CONCERTO is able to scan the sky at frequencies between infrared and radio waves and has been designed to look at radiation emitted by ionised carbon atoms, one of the most valuable tracers of star formation in the early cosmic ages.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann21010d/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Crab Nebula • M 1 • Messier 1
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Supernova Remnant
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 34m 33.3s
DEC = 22° 0’ 54.8”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
12.7 x 12.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Taurus

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Cyan APEX (CONCERTO) Millimeter (195-310 GHz) 1.2 mm
Orange APEX (CONCERTO) Millimeter (130-270 GHz) 1.5 mm
Spectrum_ir1
Cyan
Orange
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ID
ann21010d
Subject Category
B.4.1.4  
Subject Name
Crab Nebula, M 1, Messier 1
Credits
CONCERTO team/A. Beelen, ESO
Release Date
2021-07-06T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann21010d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Instrument
CONCERTO, CONCERTO
Color Assignment
Cyan, Orange
Band
Millimeter, Millimeter
Bandpass
195-310 GHz, 130-270 GHz
Central Wavelength
1200000, 1500000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.6386888209, 22.0152165481
Reference Dimension
896.0, 896.0
Reference Pixel
448.0, 448.0
Scale
-0.000235631276221, 0.000235631276221
Rotation
-0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
Email
Telephone
Address
Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City
Garching bei München
State/Province
None
Postal Code
D-85748
Country
Germany
Rights
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Publisher
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
ann21010d
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ann21010d.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2021-06-23T09:59:52+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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