The Pencil Nebula, a strangely shaped leftover from a vast explosion
eso_eso1236a September 12th, 2012
Credit: ESO
The oddly shaped Pencil Nebula (NGC 2736) is pictured in this image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This nebula is a small part of a huge remnant left over after a supernova explosion that took place about 11 000 years ago. The image was produced by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This image is available as a Mounted Image in the ESOshop. #L
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1236a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1236a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.4
- Subject Name
- NGC 2736
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2012-09-12T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1236a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- 659, 652, 540, 456
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 135.050085, -45.950068
- Reference Dimension
- 8357.0, 8357.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3271.43997759, 3141.14085676
- Scale
- -6.612444e-05, 6.612444e-05
- Rotation
- 90.06122844783
- 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
- eso1236a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1236a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-09-05T17:11:02+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
