Visible/infrared comparison of the VISTA Flame Nebula image
eso_eso0949h December 11th, 2009
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
The image on the left shows the Flame Nebula in visible light. The central regions are hidden behind the dramatic dark tongue of thick dust. This image was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. On the right is the VISTA infrared view of exactly the same region. The dust is far less prominent and the cluster of hot young stars at the object’s core is revealed. The field of view is about eighteen arcminutes across.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0949h/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Ks) | - |
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DSS2 (None) | Optical (R) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (H) | - |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (J) | - |
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DSS2 (None) | Optical (B) | - |
| The left image was taken during the Digital Sky Survey, the right is an image from VISTA. | |||
- ID
- eso0949h
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Flame Nebula, NGC 2024
- Credits
- ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
- Release Date
- 2009-12-11T11:30:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0949h/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, None, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Green, Blue, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- Ks, R, H, J, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- T
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 3012.0, 1551.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- 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
- eso0949h
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0949h.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-11-17T10:26:37+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
