The Horsehead Nebula

Eso_eso0202b_1024

eso_eso0202b January 25th, 2002

Credit: ESO

An enlargement of a smaller area. Technical information about these photos is available below. This is an enlargement of a smaller area, measuring 3.8 x 4.1 arcmin 2 . North is to the left and east is down (the usual orientation for showing this object). The frames were recorded with a TK2048 SITe CCD and the ESO-FIERA Controller, built by the Optical Detector Team (ODT). The images were prepared by Cyril Cavadore (ESO-ODT), by means of Prism software.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0202b/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Barnard 33 • Horsehead Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
Eso_eso0202b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 40m 59.0s
DEC = -2° 27’ 30.1”
Orientation
North is 89.9° CCW
Field of View
3.8 x 4.2 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS2) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (FORS2) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (FORS2) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso0202b_1280
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ID
eso0202b
Subject Category
B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2002-01-25T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0202b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
85.245796, -2.458371
Reference Dimension
1139.0, 1256.0
Reference Pixel
858.197499304, 628.441931276
Scale
-5.574039e-05, 5.574039e-05
Rotation
89.89135312901
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
eso0202b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0202b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2016-07-15T16:18:18+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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