Digitized sky survey image of the Eagle Nebula

eso_eso1518e April 30th, 2015

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

This image is a colour composite of the Eagle Nebula (M 16) made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 3.8 x 3.3 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1518e/

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 Type: Observation
Object Name: Eagle Nebula • M 16
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 18m 47.1s; DEC = -13° 51’ 9.8”
Orientation: North is 5.8° CCW
Field of View: 3.8 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation: Serpens

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1518e
Subject Category: B.4
Subject Name: Eagle Nebula, M 16
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

Release Date: 2015-04-30T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1518e/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical
Bandpass: I, B
Central Wavelength

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Integration Time
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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 274.696371074, -13.85271669
Reference Dimension: 13749.0, 11772.0

Reference Pixel: 6874.5, 5886.0
Scale: -0.000279892872228, 0.000279892872228
Rotation: 5.7599999999999927
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1518e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1518e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-06-07T17:58:49+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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