The planetary nebula Abell 33 captured using ESO's Very Large Telescope
eso_eso1412a April 9th, 2014
Credit: ESO
Astronomers using ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have captured this eye-catching image of planetary nebula Abell 33. Created when an aging star blew off its outer layers, this beautiful blue bubble is, by chance, aligned with a foreground star, and bears an uncanny resemblance to a diamond engagement ring. This cosmic gem is unusually symmetric, appearing to be almost perfectly circular on the sky.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1412a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1412a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.3
- Subject Name
- Abell 33
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2014-04-09T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1412a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- FORS2, FORS2, FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Blue, Red, Orange, Green
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- OIII, B, H-alpha, R, V
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 144.767251, -2.839598
- Reference Dimension
- 3446.0, 3460.0
- Reference Pixel
- 2304.84897058, 952.766261965
- Scale
- -3.494389e-05, 3.494389e-05
- Rotation
- -0.28247630014
- 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
- eso1412a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1412a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2013-07-23T13:54:36+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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