The cosmic bat — NGC 1788

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eso_eso1009a March 3rd, 2010

Credit: ESO

The delicate nebula NGC 1788, located in a dark and often neglected corner of the Orion constellation, is revealed in this finely nuanced image. Although this ghostly cloud is rather isolated from Orion’s bright stars, their powerful winds and light have a strong impact on the nebula, forging its shape and making it a home to a multitude of infant suns. This image has been obtained using the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It combines images taken through blue, green and red filters, as well as a special filter designed to let through the light of glowing hydrogen. The field is about 30 arcminutes across; North is up, and East to the left.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1009a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
NGC 1788
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Reflection
Star > Grouping > Cluster
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 6m 54.0s
DEC = -3° 20’ 31.5”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
26.4 x 19.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (R) -
Green MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) -
Blue MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1009a
Subject Category
B.4.2.2   B.3.6.4  
Subject Name
NGC 1788
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2010-03-03T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1009a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from NOAO.
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
76.725138, -3.342077
Reference Dimension
6670.0, 5018.0
Reference Pixel
3163.28112985, 2734.31519297
Scale
-6.607786e-05, 6.607786e-05
Rotation
-0.01030279133
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
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
eso1009a
Metadata Date
2010-02-24T16:20:47+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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