VLT image of the cometary globule CG4

eso_eso1503a January 28th, 2015

Credit: ESO

Like the gaping mouth of a gigantic celestial creature, the cometary globule CG4 glows menacingly in this image from ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Although it looks huge and bright in this image it is actually a faint nebula and not easy to observe. The exact nature of CG4 remains a mystery.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1503a/

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: CG4
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 7h 34m 19.9s; DEC = -46° 56’ 6.5”
Orientation: North is 89.9° CW
Field of View: 7.3 x 7.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Puppis

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (FORS1)	Optical (B)	-
VLT (FORS1)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
VLT (FORS1)	Optical (R)	-
VLT (FORS1)	Optical (V)	-

ID: eso1503a
Subject Category: B.4
Subject Name: CG4
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2015-01-28T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1503a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: FORS1, FORS1, FORS1, FORS1
Color Assignment: Blue, Red, Orange, Green

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: B, H-alpha, R, V
Central Wavelength

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Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 113.582978454, -46.9351380929
Reference Dimension: 3461.0, 3436.0

Reference Pixel: 1730.0, 1718.0
Scale: -3.49628486616e-05, 3.49628486616e-05
Rotation: -89.919999999999987
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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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: eso1503a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1503a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2014-12-08T14:52:05+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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