The Orion a molecular cloud from VISTA
eso_eso1701a January 4th, 2017
Credit: ESO/VISION survey
This image from the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in northern Chile is part of the largest infrared high-resolution mosaic of Orion ever created. It covers the Orion A molecular cloud, the nearest known massive star factory, lying about 1350 light-years from Earth, and reveals many young stars and other objects normally buried deep inside the dusty clouds.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1701a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1701a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Orion Molecular Cloud
- Credits
- ESO/VISION survey
- Release Date
- 2017-01-04T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1701a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Ks, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- 2150, 1650, 1250
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.0873416011, -6.01032961733
- Reference Dimension
- 39578.0, 23069.0
- Reference Pixel
- 19789.0, 11534.5
- Scale
- -9.26855968145e-05, 9.26855968145e-05
- Rotation
- 116.27999999999996
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org
- Name
- Antares
- 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
- eso1701a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1701a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2016-06-10T17:05:17+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
