VISTA’s look at the Helix Nebula
eso_eso1205a January 19th, 2012
Credit: ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
ESO's Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VISTA) has captured this unusual view of the Helix Nebula (NGC 7293), a planetary nebula located 700 light-years away. The coloured picture was created from images taken through Y, J and K infrared filters. While bringing to light a rich background of stars and galaxies, the telescope's infrared vision also reveals strands of cold nebular gas that are mostly obscured in visible images of the Helix.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1205a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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| 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 (K) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Pseudocolour (J+Y)) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Y) | - |
- ID
- eso1205a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.3
- Subject Name
- Helix Nebula, NGC 7293
- Credits
- ESO/VISTA/J. Emerson. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2012-01-19T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1205a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, 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, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Orange, Cyan, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- K, J, K, Pseudocolour (J+Y), Y
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 337.410856, -20.837221
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1280.0
- Reference Pixel
- 642.837959404, 645.228279754
- Scale
- -0.00048842354, 0.00048842354
- Rotation
- -0.04872475159
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- World Coordinate System resolved using PinpointWCS 0.9.2 revision 218+ by the Chandra X-ray Center
- 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
- eso1205a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1205a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-01-17T10:14:21+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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