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Nebula in serpens

Eso_eso0736c_1024

eso_eso0736c August 22nd, 2007

Credit: ESO

This image shows a close-up view of detector 1 of HAWK-I. Despite a total exposure time of only 1 minute in each of three infrared filters, the image shows great detail in this million-year old region, revealing red young stars, reflection nebulae and dark clouds of gas and dust very clearly.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0736c/

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 Type: Observation
Object Name: Serpens Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Reflection; Nebula > Appearance > Dark

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 29m 57.7s; DEC = 1° 14’ 1.2”
Orientation: North is 0.3° CCW
Field of View: 3.5 x 3.4 arcminutes
Constellation: Serpens

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (K)	-
	VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (H)	-
	VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (J)	-

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ID: eso0736c
Subject Category: B.4.2.2 B.4.2.3
Subject Name: Serpens Nebula
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2007-08-22T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0736c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Approximate distance in light years.

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: HAWK-I, HAWK-I, HAWK-I
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass: K, H, J
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 277.490456143, 1.23367682903
Reference Dimension: 1985.0, 1911.0

Reference Pixel: 992.0, 955.0
Scale: -2.96270119588e-05, 2.96270119588e-05
Rotation: 0.29999999999999827
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Email

Telephone
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: eso0736c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0736c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2023-10-11T09:26:40.925602
Metadata Version: 1.1

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