Wide-field view of the sky around the Thor’s Helmet Nebula

eso_eso1238c October 5th, 2012

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide-field view shows the rich region of sky around the Thor’s Helmet Nebula (NGC 2359) in the constellation of Canis Major (The Great Dog). This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1238c/

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 2359
Subject - Milky Way: Star > Type > Wolf-Rayet; Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 7h 18m 30.1s; DEC = -13° 13’ 48.6”
Orientation: North is 89.6° CCW
Field of View: 1.9 x 2.0 degrees
Constellation: Canis Major

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (R)	658.0 nm
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (V)	660.0 nm
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (B)	550.0 nm

ID: eso1238c
Subject Category: B.3.2.4 B.4.1.2
Subject Name: NGC 2359
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2012-10-05T16:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1238c/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: R, V, B
Central Wavelength: 658, 660, 550

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 109.625371, -13.23017
Reference Dimension: 6807.0, 7129.0

Reference Pixel: 3236.15079196, 3565.52952609
Scale: -0.00028030621, 0.00028030621
Rotation: 89.63101951394
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1238c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1238c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2012-10-02T15:15:47+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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