The RCW120 nebula

Eso_eso0924g_1024

eso_eso0924g July 1st, 2009

Credit: ESO/APEX & MSX/IPAC/NASA

Colour-composite image of RCW120 as seen by the ATLASGAL survey. RCW 120 is a region where an expanding bubble of ionised gas about ten light-years across is causing the surrounding material to collapse into dense clumps that are the birthplaces of new stars. In this image, the ATLASGAL submillimetre-wavelength data are shown in red, overlaid on a view of the region in infrared light, from the Midcourse Space Experiment (MSX) in green and blue.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0924g/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
RCW120
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red APEX (LABOCA) Millimeter (Submillimetre) -
Green Other (None) Infrared -
Blue Other (None) Infrared -
Eso_eso0924g_1280
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ID
eso0924g
Subject Category
B.4.2.1.1   B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
RCW120
Credits
ESO/APEX & MSX/IPAC/NASA
Release Date
2009-07-01T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0924g/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, Other, Other
Instrument
LABOCA, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Millimeter, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Submillimetre, -, -
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
600.0, 600.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
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
eso0924g
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0924g.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2009-06-30T12:07:34+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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