The region of Orion’s Belt and the Flame Nebula

Eso_eso0949k_1024

eso_eso0949k December 11th, 2009

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

This spectacular visible light wide-field view of part of the famous belt of the great celestial hunter Orion shows the region of the sky around the Flame Nebula. The whole image is filled with glowing gas clouds illuminated by hot blue young stars. It was created from photographs in red and blue light forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The field of view is approximately three degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0949k/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Flame Nebula • Orion
Subject - Milky Way
Sky Phenomenon > Night Sky > Constellation
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 41m 28.6s
DEC = -1° 43’ 25.8”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
3.0 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0949k
Subject Category
B.7.1.1   B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Flame Nebula, Orion
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2009-12-11T11:30:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0949k/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
85.3689733755, -1.72382503574
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1170.0
Reference Pixel
666.0, 604.0
Scale
-0.00233258568715, 0.00233258568715
Rotation
0
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
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
European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID
eso
Resource ID
eso0949k
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0949k.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-11-13T15:30:06+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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