The Fried Egg Nebula

Eso_eso1136a_1024

eso_eso1136a September 28th, 2011

Credit: ESO/E. Lagadec

This picture of the nebula around a rare yellow hypergiant star called IRAS 17163-3907 is the best ever taken of a star in this class and shows for the first time a huge dusty double shell surrounding the central hypergiant. The star and its shells resemble an egg white around a yolky centre, leading astronomers to nickname the object the Fried Egg Nebula.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1136a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IRAS 17163-3907
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Type > Exotic
Nebula

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (VISIR) Infrared (NeII) -
Green VLT (VISIR) Infrared (SiC) -
Blue VLT (VISIR) Infrared (PAH1) -
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ID
eso1136a
Subject Category
B.3.2.6   B.4  
Subject Name
IRAS 17163-3907
Credits
ESO/E. Lagadec
Release Date
2011-09-28T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1136a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
VISIR, VISIR, VISIR
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
NeII, SiC, PAH1
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1280.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso1136a
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1136a.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2011-09-08T09:37:48+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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