New ESO’s VLT image of the NGC 2899 planetary nebula

eso_eso2012a July 30th, 2020

Credit: ESO

This highly detailed image of the fantastic NGC 2899 planetary nebula was captured using the FORS instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile. This object has never before been imaged in such striking detail, with even the faint outer edges of the planetary nebula glowing over the background stars.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2012a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC 2899
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 9h 27m 3.0s; DEC = -56° 6’ 24.6”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 7.2 x 7.3 arcminutes
Constellation: Vela

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (R)	655.0 nm
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (v)	557.0 nm
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (b)	440.0 nm
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (OIII)	500.0 nm

ID: eso2012a
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: NGC 2899
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2020-07-30T14:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2012a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: FORS2, FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, v, b, OIII
Central Wavelength: 655, 557, 440, 500

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Dataset ID: None, None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 141.762705387, -56.1068405317
Reference Dimension: 1720.0, 1730.0

Reference Pixel: 860.0, 865.0
Scale: -6.99064150478e-05, 6.99064150478e-05
Rotation: -0.039999999999999994
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso2012a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2012a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-06-15T16:19:47+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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