The colourful star cluster NGC 3590
eso_eso1416a May 21st, 2014
Credit: ESO/G. Beccari
This colourful new image from the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO's La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the star cluster NGC 3590. These stars shine brightly in front of a dramatic landscape of dark patches of dust and richly hued clouds of glowing gas. This small stellar gathering gives astronomers clues about how these stars form and evolve — as well as giving hints about the structure of our galaxy's pinwheeling arms.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1416a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
View Options
Download Options
Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
- ID
- eso1416a
- Subject Category
- B.3.6.4
- Subject Name
- NGC 3590
- Credits
- ESO/G. Beccari
- Release Date
- 2014-05-21T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1416a/
- 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, None, None
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Red, Green, Blue, Red, Luminosity
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- B, H-alpha, V, R, -, -
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 168.245879, -60.788976
- Reference Dimension
- 8658.0, 6079.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3507.56475617, 2508.82270878
- Scale
- -6.609861e-05, 6.609861e-05
- Rotation
- 0.10450644360
- 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
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1416a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1416a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2019-03-05T10:22:54+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
