Orion Molecular Cloud in visible light (for comparison)

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eso_eso1701-compb January 4th, 2017

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Visible light view of the region of the Orion Molecular Cloud from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS)

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1701-compb/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Orion Molecular Cloud
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 36m 21.0s
DEC = -6° 0’ 37.2”
Orientation
North is 116.3° CCW
Field of View
3.7 x 2.1 degrees
Constellation
Orion
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ID
eso1701-compb
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Orion Molecular Cloud
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2.
Release Date
2017-01-04T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1701-compb/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
84.0873416011, -6.01032961733
Reference Dimension
30000.0, 17486.0
Reference Pixel
15000.0, 8743.0
Scale
-0.000122277327309, 0.000122277327309
Rotation
116.27999999999996
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org
Name
Antares
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
eso1701-compb
Metadata Date
2016-12-14T15:39:28+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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