The Trapezium cluster

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eso_eso0124a June 7th, 2001

Credit: ESO

This image shows a colour composite of near-infrared images of the central regions of the Orion Nebula, obtained on March 14, 2000, with the SOFI instrument at the ESO 3.5-m New Technology Telescope (NTT) at La Silla. Three exposures were made through J- (wavelength 1.25 µm here colour-coded as "blue"), H- (1.65 µm; "green") and Ks-filters (2.16 µm; "red"), respectively. The central group of bright stars is the famous "Trapezium" . The total effective exposure time was 86.4 seconds per band. The sky field measures about 4.9 x 4.9 arcmin 2 (1024 x 1024 pix 2). North is up and East is left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0124a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Orion Nebula Trapezium Cluster
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Grouping > Cluster
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 15.1s
DEC = -5° 23’ 32.3”
Orientation
North is 0.3° CW
Field of View
4.8 x 4.7 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red NTT (SOFI) Infrared (K) 2.2 µm
Green NTT (SOFI) Infrared (H) 1.7 µm
Blue NTT (SOFI) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso0124a
Subject Category
B.3.6.4   B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Orion Nebula, Trapezium Cluster
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2001-06-07T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0124a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope
Instrument
SOFI, SOFI, SOFI
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
K, H, J
Central Wavelength
2160, 1650, 1250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.8127794158, -5.39229719216
Reference Dimension
1720.0, 1663.0
Reference Pixel
860.0, 831.0
Scale
-4.66291846571e-05, 4.66291846571e-05
Rotation
-0.25999999999999968
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
eso0124a
Metadata Date
2014-10-31T00:26:34+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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