The Carina Nebula with OmegaCAM

Eso_omega_cc_1024

eso_omega_cc August 15th, 2014

Credit: ESO

This raw image, straight from the OmegaCam instrument on the VST, was used together with many others to produce the iconic photo of the Carina Nebula (eso1250). The images taken with astronomical instruments are always in intensity scale: the colour information is obtained by taking exposures through different glass filters. The 32 individual 8-megapixel detectors are visible, separated by black gaps. In the final image, these are filled by combining images taken at slightly different positions. Long “bleeds”,caused by bright stars saturating the detector, are also visible.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

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

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Carina Nebula • OmegaCAM
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula
Eso_omega_cc_1280
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ID
omega_cc
Subject Category
B.4  
Subject Name
Carina Nebula, OmegaCAM
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2014-08-15T01:12:28
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/omega_cc/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
17114.0, 16801.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
omega_cc
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/omega_cc.tif
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Metadata Date
2014-04-25T12:07:07+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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