Infrared/visible comparison of an extract from the VISTA Orion Nebula image
eso_eso1006d February 10th, 2010
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA & R. Gendler. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
The left-hand panel shows a dusty region of the Orion Nebula in visible light. On the right the VISTA infrared view is shown. By observing infrared light many new features appear, including many young stars and their outflows. These strange features are of great interest to astronomers studying the birth and youth of stars.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1006d/
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
- eso1006d
- 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/eso1006d/
- 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
- 3936.0, 3016.0
- 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
- eso1006d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1006d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-02-11T17:42:47+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
