The dark cloud Lupus 4
eso_eso1427a September 3rd, 2014
Credit: ESO
The Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile captured this view of dark cloud Lupus 4 blotting out background stars. Lupus 4 is a dense pocket of gas and dust where new stars are expected to form. The cloud is located about 400 light-years away from Earth, on the border between the constellations of Lupus (The Wolf) and Norma (The Carpenter's Square).
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1427a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1427a
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.3
- Subject Name
- Lupus 4
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2014-09-03T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1427a/
- 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
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- Z, I, R
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 240.382870579, -41.9020665136
- Reference Dimension
- 15603.0, 15840.0
- Reference Pixel
- 7801.5, 7920.0
- Scale
- -6.60625103001e-05, 6.60625103001e-05
- Rotation
- 0.020000000000000007
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- 3.960152284263959
- 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
- eso1427a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1427a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2014-08-27T21:27:13+04:30
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
