The hidden fires of the Flame Nebula (full frame)
eso_eso0949n December 11th, 2009
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This VISTA image shows the spectacular star-forming region known as the Flame Nebula, or NGC 2024, in the constellation of Orion (the Hunter) and its surroundings. In views of this evocative object in visible light the core of the nebula is completely hidden behind obscuring dust, but in this VISTA view, taken in infrared light, the cluster of very young stars at the object’s heart is revealed. The wide-field VISTA view also includes the glow of the reflection nebula NGC 2023, just below centre, and the ghostly outline of the Horsehead Nebula (Barnard 33) towards the lower right. The bright bluish star towards the right is one of the three bright stars forming the Belt of Orion. The image was created from VISTA images taken through J, H and Ks filters in the near-infrared part of the spectrum. The image shows the full area of the VISTA field and is one degree by 1.5 degrees in extent. The total exposure time was 14 minutes.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0949n/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso0949n
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Flame Nebula, NGC 2024
- Credits
- ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2009-12-11T11:30:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0949n/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Approximate distance in Light Years from AJ (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?2003ApJ...598..375S)
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- K, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 85.42805, -1.912129
- Reference Dimension
- 12564.0, 15283.0
- Reference Pixel
- 6146.47731478, 9223.87912909
- Scale
- -9.484685e-05, 9.484685e-05
- Rotation
- 10.05845880080
- 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
- eso0949n
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0949n.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2009-11-13T18:13:18+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
