The Ant Nebula at 12.8 μm

eso_eso0417e May 12th, 2004

Credit: ESO

Image of the Ant Nebula (Mz3) in the narrow-band filter centred at wavelength 12.8 μm. The scale is 0.127 arcsec/pixel and the total field-of-view is 33 x 33 arcsec, with North at the top and East to the left. The total integration time was 200 seconds. Note the diffraction rings around the central star which confirm that the maximum spatial resolution possible with the 8.2-m telescope is being achieved.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0417e/

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: Ant Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

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	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (VISIR)	Infrared (Mid-IR)	12.8 µm

ID: eso0417e
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: Ant Nebula
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2004-05-12T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0417e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes: Distance in light years from: http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2003MNRAS.342..383S

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: VISIR
Color Assignment: Red

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: Mid-IR
Central Wavelength: 12800

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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0417e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0417e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-07T15:29+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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