NGC 2264 and the Christmas Tree cluster*
eso_eso0848a December 16th, 2008
Credit: ESO
This colour image of the region known as NGC 2264 — an area of sky that includes the sparkling blue baubles of the Christmas Tree star cluster and the Cone Nebula — was created from data taken through four different filters (B, V, R and H-alpha) with the Wide Field Imager at ESO's La Silla Observatory, 2400 m high in the Atacama Desert of Chile in the foothills of the Andes. The image shows a region of space about 30 light-years across. This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop. #L
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0848a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0848a
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4.1 B.4
- Subject Name
- Christmas Tree Cluster, Cone Nebula, NGC 2264
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2008-12-16T00:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0848a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance to NGC2264 in light years from AJ (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2009AJ....138..963B)
- 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, Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 100.221416089, 9.6046709646
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1465.0
- Reference Pixel
- 690.0, 736.0
- Scale
- -0.000433610140792, 0.000433610140792
- Rotation
- -1.57054924893
- 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
- eso0848a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0848a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2008-12-02T16:29:05+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
