VISTA’s infrared view of the Lagoon Nebula (Messier 8)
eso_eso1101d January 5th, 2011
Credit: ESO/VVVAcknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This new infrared view of the star formation region Messier 8, often called the Lagoon Nebula, was captured by the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. This image is a wider version of eso1001a and was created from images taken through J, H and Ks near-infrared filters, It was acquired as part of a huge survey of the central parts of the Milky Way. The field of view is about 72 by 39 arcminutes.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1101d/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1101d
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8
- Credits
- ESO/VVVAcknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2011-01-05T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1101d/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from ESO.
- 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
- H-alpha, J, K
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 270.578561429, -24.4742172395
- Reference Dimension
- 12630.0, 6954.0
- Reference Pixel
- 6315.0, 3477.0
- Scale
- -9.47585180917e-05, 9.47585180917e-05
- Rotation
- -29.499999999999989
- 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
- eso1101d
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1101d.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-12-20T15:34:55+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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