New Hubble view of the Lagoon Nebula

esahubble_heic1517a July 30th, 2015

Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name. The region is filled with intense winds from hot stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.

Provider: Hubble Space Telescope | ESA

Image Source: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1517a/

Curator: ESA/Hubble, 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: Lagoon Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 3m 40.4s; DEC = -24° 22’ 32.1”
Orientation: North is 55.6° CW
Field of View: 2.1 x 2.8 arcminutes
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V + H-Alpha)	814.0 nm
Hubble (WFC2)	Optical (B)	658.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (V)	547.0 nm
Hubble (WFPC2)	Optical (H-Alpha)	-
Hubble (WFPC2)	Infrared (I)	-

ID: heic1517a
Subject Category: B.4.2.1.1
Subject Name: Lagoon Nebula
Credits: NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulsion Laboratory)

Release Date: 2015-07-30T15:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/heic1517a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope
Instrument: WFPC2, WFC2, WFPC2, WFPC2, WFPC2
Color Assignment: Green, Blue, Blue, Red, Red

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Infrared
Bandpass: V + H-Alpha, B, V, H-Alpha, I
Central Wavelength: 814, 658, 547

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 270.918485468, -24.3755969579
Reference Dimension: 1273.0, 1694.0

Reference Pixel: 636.0, 847.0
Scale: -2.76722747621e-05, 2.76722747621e-05
Rotation: -55.560000000000016
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): ESA/Hubble
URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/
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Email

Telephone
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: ESA/Hubble
Publisher ID: esahubble
Resource ID: heic1517a

Resource URL: http://www.spacetelescope.org/static/archives/images/original/heic1517a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2014-08-06T11:06:43+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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