The Gum 29 nebula
eso_eso0837a October 21st, 2008
Credit: ESO
This image shows the amazing intricacies of the vast stellar nursery Gum 29. At its centre lies the cluster of young stars Westerlund 2. One object at the bottom of the cluster is in fact a system of two of most massive stars known to astronomers. The image is based on data obtained with the Wide Field Imager (WFI) camera attached to the 2.2-m Max-Planck/ESO telescope through four different filters (B, V, R, and H-alpha).
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0837a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0837a
- Subject Category
- B.4
- Subject Name
- Gum 29
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2008-10-21T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0837a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 658, 651, 539, 451
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 156.060953, -57.782754
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1288.0
- Reference Pixel
- 630.711049492, 609.569308173
- Scale
- -0.00042617084, 0.00042617084
- Rotation
- -0.31328031146
- 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
- eso0837a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0837a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2008-10-21T14:14:54+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
