Colour composite of the star forming region G333.6-0.2

Eso_eso0417c_1024

eso_eso0417c May 12th, 2004

Credit: ESO

Colour composite image of the visually obscured G333.6-0.2 star-forming region at a distance of nearly 10,000 light-years in our Milky Way galaxy. This image was made by combining three digital images of the intensity of the infrared emission at wavelengths of 11.3μm (one of the Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon features, coded blue), 12.8 μm (an emission line of [NeII], coded green) and 19μm (warm dust emission, coded red). Each pixel subtends 0.127 arcsec and the total field is ~ 33 x 33 arcsec with North at the top and East to the left. The total integration times were 13 seconds at the shortest and 35 seconds at the longer wavelengths. The brighter spots locate regions where the dust, which obscures all the visible light, has been heated by recently formed stars.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0417c/

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
G333.6-0.2
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (VISIR) Infrared (Q) 19.0 µm
Green VLT (VISIR) Infrared (Neii) 12.8 µm
Blue VLT (VISIR) Infrared (N) 11.3 µm
Spectrum_ir1
Red
Green
Blue
Eso_eso0417c_1280
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ID
eso0417c
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
G333.6-0.2
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2004-05-12T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0417c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
VISIR, VISIR, VISIR
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Q, Neii, N
Central Wavelength
19000, 12800, 11300
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
773.0, 851.0
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
eso0417c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0417c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2008-12-19T14:06:32+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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