Close-up view of NGC 6357

eso_eso1226a June 20th, 2012

Credit: ESO

ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) has taken the most detailed image so far of a spectacular part of the stellar nursery called NGC 6357. The view shows many hot young stars, glowing clouds of gas and weird dust formations sculpted by ultraviolet radiation and stellar winds.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1226a/

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: NGC 6357
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 26m 28.9s; DEC = -34° 12’ 0.3”
Orientation: North is 55.4° CCW
Field of View: 15.8 x 6.6 arcminutes
Constellation: Scorpius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (R)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (V)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1226a
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name: NGC 6357
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2012-06-20T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1226a/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: FORS2, FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
Color Assignment: Red, Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: H-alpha, R, V, B
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 261.62025, -34.200073
Reference Dimension: 3758.0, 1563.0

Reference Pixel: -1156.59457035, 483.17757721
Scale: -7.009314e-05, 7.009314e-05
Rotation: 55.42571522719
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1226a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1226a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2012-04-04T16:03:49+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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