Digitized Sky Survey Image of the Eagle Nebula

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esahubble_heic1501e January 5th, 2015

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

This image is a colour composite of the Eagle Nebula (M 16) made from exposures from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 (DSS2). The field of view is approximatelly 3.8 x 3.3 degrees.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1501e/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Eagle Nebula M 16 Messier 16
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 18m 47.1s
DEC = -13° 51’ 10.5”
Orientation
North is 5.7° CCW
Field of View
3.9 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation
Serpens

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
heic1501e
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Eagle Nebula, M 16, Messier 16
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.
Release Date
2015-01-05T23:15:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1501e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
274.696238539, -13.8529216192
Reference Dimension
13749.0, 11772.0
Reference Pixel
6874.0, 5886.0
Scale
-0.000280375038829, 0.000280375038829
Rotation
5.739999999999994
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
ESA/Hubble
URL
http://www.spacetelescope.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
ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID
esahubble
Resource ID
heic1501e
Metadata Date
2009-06-07T17:58:49+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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