A deep infrared view of the Orion Nebula from HAWK-I
eso_eso1625a July 12th, 2016
Credit: ESO/H. Drass et al.
This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. This is the deepest view ever of this region and reveals more very faint planetary-mass objects than expected.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1625a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1625a
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.1.1
- Subject Name
- M 42, Messier 42, Orion Nebula
- Credits
- ESO/H. Drass et al.
- Release Date
- 2016-07-12T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1625a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- HAWK-I, HAWK-I, HAWK-I
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Ks, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- 2146, 1620, 1258
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 83.8190714054, -5.3387591763
- Reference Dimension
- 16373.0, 12412.0
- Reference Pixel
- 8186.5, 6206.0
- Scale
- -2.96337406758e-05, 2.96337406758e-05
- Rotation
- 90.059999999999988
- 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
- eso1625a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1625a.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2016-07-06T16:42:49+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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