Digitized Sky Survey image of part of the Taurus molecular cloud

eso_eso1209d February 15th, 2012

Credit: Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

This image shows a wide-field view of part of the Taurus Molecular Cloud, about 450 light-years from Earth. Its relative closeness makes it an ideal place to study the formation of stars. Many dark clouds of obscuring dust are clearly visible against the background stars.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1209d/

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 Type: Observation
Object Name: Barnard 211 • Barnard 213
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Dark > Molecular Cloud

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 4h 24m 47.7s; DEC = 26° 56’ 5.7”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 4.5 x 2.3 degrees
Constellation: Taurus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (Pseudogreen (B+R))	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1209d
Subject Category: B.4.2.3.1
Subject Name: Barnard 211, Barnard 213
Credits: Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin.

Release Date: 2012-02-15T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1209d/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Green, Blue

Band: Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, Pseudogreen (B+R), B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 66.1989052618, 26.9349193507
Reference Dimension: 15913.0, 8094.0

Reference Pixel: 7956.0, 4047.0
Scale: -0.000280341599053, 0.000280341599053
Rotation: 0.19999999999999998
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
FITS Header
Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1209d

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1209d.tif
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Metadata Date: 2011-11-09T11:17:15+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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