The Becklin-Neugebauer object

Eso_eso0137g_1024

eso_eso0137g December 3rd, 2001

Credit: ESO

Composite (false-) colour image obtained by NAOS-CONICA of the region around the Becklin-Neugebauer object that is deeply embedded in the Orion Nebula. It is based on two exposures, one in the light of shock-excited molecular hydrogen line (H 2 ; wavelength 2.12 µm; here rendered as blue) and one in the broader K-band (2.2 µm; red) from ionized hydrogen. A third (green) image was produced as an "average" of the H 2 and K-band images. The field-of-view measures 20 x 25 arcsec 2, cf. the 1 x 1 arcsec 2 square. North is up and east to the left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137g/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Becklin-Neugebauer Object
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Protostar

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (NACO) Infrared (K) -
Green VLT (NACO) Infrared (Pseudogreen (H+K)) -
Blue VLT (NACO) Infrared (H) -
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ID
eso0137g
Subject Category
B.3.1.1  
Subject Name
Becklin-Neugebauer Object
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2001-12-03T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0137g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO, NACO, NACO
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
K, Pseudogreen (H+K), H
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
577.0, 694.0
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
eso0137g
Metadata Date
2009-01-30T16:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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