Around NGC 1788
eso_eso1009b March 3rd, 2010
Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin
The delicate nebula NGC 1788 is located in a dark and often neglected corner of the constellation Orion. 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 from the Digitized Sky Survey 2 covers a field of view of 3 x 2.9 degrees, and shows that the Bat Nebula is part of much larger nebulosity.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1009b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1009b
- Subject Category
- B.4
- Subject Name
- NGC 1788
- Credits
- ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide de Martin
- Release Date
- 2010-03-03T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1009b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Approximate maximum distance in light years from NOAO.
- Facility
- Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- None, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, B
- Central Wavelength
- 658, 445
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 76.725137, -3.341938
- Reference Dimension
- 10667.0, 10378.0
- Reference Pixel
- 5333.28288602, 5328.71879903
- Scale
- -0.00028593768, 0.00028593768
- Rotation
- 0.00056413939
- 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
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1009b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1009b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-02-25T11:26:38+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
