Silhouette disc seen in M 17

Eso_eso0416c_1024

eso_eso0416c May 12th, 2004

Credit: ESO

Ks-band image of the silhouette disc obtained with the NACO Adaptive Optics camera at the 8.2-m VLT YEPUN telescope at Paranal. White contours delineate the densest part of the disc (inner torus). The visible stars (slightly elongated due to the adaptive optics technique) are embedded within the molecular cloud but are probably unrelated to the disc. The insert shows a deconvolved zoomed version of the central object of about 450 x 240 AU; its major axis is tilted by about 15 degrees against the direction perpendicular to the disc.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0416c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Messier 17
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Nebula > Appearance > Emission

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange VLT (NACO) Infrared (K) -
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ID
eso0416c
Subject Category
B.4.1.2   B.4.2.1  
Subject Name
Messier 17
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-05-12T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0416c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope
Instrument
NACO
Color Assignment
Orange
Band
Infrared
Bandpass
K
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
800.0, 810.0
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
eso0416c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0416c.tif
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Metadata Date
2009-01-20T11:33:05+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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