VLT image of the Carina Nebula in infrared light
eso_eso1208db February 8th, 2012
Credit: ESO/T. Preibisch
Colour-composite image of the Carina Nebula, revealing exquisite details in the stars and dust of the region. Several well known astronomical objects can be seen in this wide field image : to the bottom left of the image is one of the most impressive binary stars in the Universe, Eta Carinae, with the famous Keyhole Nebula just adjacent to the star. The collection of very bright, young stars above and to the right of Eta Carinae is the open star cluster Trumpler 14. A second open star cluster, Collinder 228 is also seen in the image, just below Eta Carinae. The Carina Nebula also bears the NGC 3372 designation. On this image, North is up and East is to the left. The field of view is 0.55 x 0.55 degrees, covering a 72 x 72 light-year region at the distance of the nebula.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1208db/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1208db
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Carina Nebula, NGC 3372
- Credits
- ESO/T. Preibisch
- Release Date
- 2012-02-08T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1208db/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope 2.2 m
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Green, Red, Red, Red
- Band
- Optical, Ultraviolet, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, U, V, R, Sii, H-alpha
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 161.027721281, -59.5636383252
- Reference Dimension
- 13092.0, 8926.0
- Reference Pixel
- 6546.0, 4463.0
- Scale
- -2.95854496854e-05, 2.95854496854e-05
- Rotation
- -0.070934337103064168
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- 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
- eso1208db
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1208db.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-02-02T10:02:19+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
