The Toby Jug Nebula as seen with ESO's Very Large Telescope

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eso_eso1343a October 9th, 2013

Credit: ESO

Located about 1200 light-years from Earth in the southern constellation of Carina (The Ship’s Keel), the Toby Jug Nebula, more formally known as IC 2220, is an example of a reflection nebula. It is a cloud of gas and dust illuminated from within by the central star, designated HD 65750.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1343a/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
IC 2220
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Reflection
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 56m 51.3s
DEC = -59° 7’ 31.3”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
7.1 x 7.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (FORS1) Optical (H-alpha) -
Orange VLT (FORS1) Optical (R) -
Green VLT (FORS1) Optical (V) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (B) -
Blue VLT (FORS1) Optical (OIII) -
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ID
eso1343a
Subject Category
B.4.2.2  
Subject Name
IC 2220
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2013-10-09T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1343a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Green, Blue, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
H-alpha, R, V, B, OIII
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
119.213858, -59.125356
Reference Dimension
3368.0, 3368.0
Reference Pixel
1522.1550243, 1605.67334667
Scale
-3.494637e-05, 3.494637e-05
Rotation
-0.14770825688
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
http://www.eso.org/
Name
Email
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
eso1343a
Metadata Date
2013-04-26T15:43:04+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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