Infrared/visible comparison of the full VISTA Orion Nebula image
eso_eso1006c February 10th, 2010
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA & R. Gendler. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
The left-hand panel shows the Orion Nebula in visible light. Most of the light from the spectacular clouds comes from hydrogen gas glowing under the fierce ultraviolet glare from the central hot young stars. The region above the centre is clearly obscured by dust clouds. On the right the VISTA infrared view is shown. By observing infrared light many new features appear, including large numbers of young stars close to the centre and many curious red objects, associated with young stars and their outflows, in the region above the centre.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1006c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (K) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (J) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Z) | - |
| VISTA data relates to the right image. Optical image by Rob Gendler. | |||
- ID
- eso1006c
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Messier 42, Orion Nebula
- Credits
- ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA & R. Gendler. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2010-02-10T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1006c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from ESO.
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- K, J, Z
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- V
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 6000.0, 4000.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso1006c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1006c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-02-05T12:09:36+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
