Wide-field view of the sky around the dark cloud Lupus 4

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eso_eso1427c September 3rd, 2014

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This view of the sky around the dark cloud Lupus 4 was created from the images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. 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/eso1427c/

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
Lupus 4
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 1m 29.0s
DEC = -41° 53’ 41.6”
Orientation
North is 0.5° CW
Field of View
2.0 x 2.0 degrees
Constellation
Lupus

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso1427c
Subject Category
B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
Lupus 4
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2014-09-03T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1427c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
240.370936055, -41.8948794056
Reference Dimension
7118.0, 7136.0
Reference Pixel
3559.0, 3568.0
Scale
-0.000280471213687, 0.000280471213687
Rotation
-0.52000000000000013
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
eso1427c
Metadata Date
2014-08-13T11:05:28+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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