Close-up view of the head of the Seagull Nebula
eso_eso1237a September 26th, 2012
Credit: ESO
This image from ESO’s La Silla Observatory shows part of a stellar nursery nicknamed the Seagull Nebula. This cloud of gas, known as Sh 2-292, RCW 2 and Gum 1, seems to form the head of the seagull and glows brightly due to the energetic radiation from a very hot young star lurking at its heart. The detailed view was produced by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1237a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1237a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Gum 1, HD 53367, RCW 2, Seagull Nebula, Sh 2-292
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2012-09-26T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1237a/
- 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
- 106.178, -10.4917
- Reference Dimension
- 6554.0, 6528.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2350.10740947, 2935.33951082
- Scale
- -6.611492e-05, 6.611492e-05
- Rotation
- -0.00049460970
- 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
- eso1237a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1237a.tif
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- Metadata Date
- 2012-09-11T11:10:57+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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