Region R18 in the Carina Nebula

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eso_eso1639c November 2nd, 2016

Credit: ESO/A. McLeod

This image was taken by the MUSE instrument, mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope and shows the region R18 within the Carina Nebula, 7500 light-years away. The massive stars within the star formation region slowly destroy the pillars of dust and gas from which they are born.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1639c/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Carina Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 45m 31.7s
DEC = -59° 12’ 35.3”
Orientation
North is 180.6° CCW
Field of View
2.0 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (MUSE) Optical (SII) 673.1 nm
Green VLT (MUSE) Optical (H-Alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue VLT (MUSE) Optical (OIII) 500.7 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso1639c
Subject Category
B.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
Carina Nebula
Credits
ESO/A. McLeod
Release Date
2016-11-02T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1639c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
SII, H-Alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength
673.1, 656, 500.7
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
161.382098433, -59.2097991354
Reference Dimension
606.0, 602.0
Reference Pixel
303.0, 301.0
Scale
-5.47288097625e-05, 5.47288097625e-05
Rotation
180.60000000000011
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org
Name
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
eso1639c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1639c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-10-07T11:29:38+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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