Excerpts from a VST image of the Lagoon Nebula

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eso_eso1403d January 22nd, 2014

Credit: ESO/VPHAS+ team

These excerpts are small sections from a new VLT Survey Telescope (VST) image of the Lagoon Nebula. This giant cloud of gas and dust is creating intensely bright young stars, and is home to young stellar clusters. These data form part of a huge treasure trove of publicly available images from the ESO survey telescopes. 

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1403d/

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
Lagoon Nebula Messier 8
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (None) Optical (H-alpha) -
Cyan VLT (None) Infrared (i) -
Red VLT (None) Optical (r) -
Green VLT (None) Optical (g) -
Blue VLT (None) Ultraviolet (u) -
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ID
eso1403d
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Lagoon Nebula, Messier 8
Credits
ESO/VPHAS+ team
Release Date
2014-01-22T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1403d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
None, None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Cyan, Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Infrared, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
H-alpha, i, r, g, u
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
3854.0, 2546.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
Coordinate System Projection:
Quality
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
eso1403d
Metadata Date
2014-01-16T10:40:01+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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