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Digitized Sky Survey image of Eta Carinae Nebula

Eso_eso1828c_1024

eso_eso1828c August 29th, 2018

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

This image is a colour composite made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximately 4.7 x 4.9 degrees.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1828c/

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: Carina Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 46m 53.1s; DEC = -60° 1’ 7.6”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 4.7 x 4.9 degrees
Constellation: Carina

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	None (None)	Optical	-
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	-
	DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-

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ID: eso1828c
Subject Category: B.4.2.1.1
Subject Name: Carina Nebula
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin.

Release Date: 2018-08-29T13:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1828c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: -, I, R
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 161.721061852, -60.0187867654
Reference Dimension: 1280.0, 1335.0

Reference Pixel: 640.0, 667.5
Scale: -0.00368249314952, 0.00368249314952
Rotation: -0.12
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1828c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1828c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2024-02-22T14:19:55.211158
Metadata Version: 1.1

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