The glowing cloud Sharpless 2-296, part of the Seagull Nebula
eso_eso1306a February 6th, 2013
Credit: ESO
This image shows the intricate structure of part of the Seagull Nebula, known more formally as IC 2177. These wisps of gas and dust are known as Sharpless 2-296 (officially Sh 2-296) and form part of the “wings” of the celestial bird. This region of the sky is a fascinating muddle of intriguing astronomical objects — a mix of dark and glowing red clouds, weaving amongst bright stars. This new view was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1306a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1306a
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.1.1
- Subject Name
- Seagull Nebula
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2013-02-06T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1306a/
- 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, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Orange, Orange, Green, Cyan, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, -, Rc, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 106.104171, -11.304992
- Reference Dimension
- 8490.0, 4581.0
- Reference Pixel
- 7862.905228, 3032.94712846
- Scale
- -6.615829e-05, 6.615829e-05
- Rotation
- -89.98461950240
- 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
- eso1306a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1306a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2012-12-20T15:46:50+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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