N 164 nebula in the LMC
eso_eso0437e December 10th, 2004
Credit: ESO
N 164, a bright nebula, the glow of which is caused by hot stars inside it. The heating of the gas by these stars increases the pressure and causes such nebulae to expand, pushing outwards against their surroundings. A careful look at this nebula reveals locations where the expansion is encountering resistance by denser clouds of gas, producing bright, thin rims. The sky field measures 3.6 x 3.5 arcmin. North is up and East is left.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0437e/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Position Details
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- ID
- eso0437e
- Subject Category
- C.4
- Subject Name
- N 164
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2004-12-10T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0437e/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years to the LMC
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, Oiii, U
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 84.6775406933, -69.1010798777
- Reference Dimension
- 1744.0, 1644.0
- Reference Pixel
- 6070.72951309, 478.575323441
- Scale
- -6.618695e-05, 6.618695e-05
- Rotation
- -0.97395157241
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso0437e
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0437e.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-01-07T15:28:25+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
