Wide-field view of the sky around the cometary globule CG4

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eso_eso1503c January 28th, 2015

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2

This wide-field image shows a rich region of the sky in the constellation of Puppis (The Poop). At the centre lies the strange cometary globule CG4. Other interesting objects are also seen, including several much more distant spiral galaxies. This colour view was produced from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1503c/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
CG4
Subject - General
Nebula
Eso_eso1503c_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 33m 25.6s
DEC = -46° 51’ 33.1”
Orientation
North is 89.3° CW
Field of View
2.6 x 2.7 degrees
Constellation
Puppis
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ID
eso1503c
Subject Category
E.4  
Subject Name
CG4
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2015-01-28T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1503c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
113.356807268, -46.8591914808
Reference Dimension
9174.0, 9597.0
Reference Pixel
4587.0, 4798.0
Scale
-0.000283333047251, 0.000283333047251
Rotation
-89.259999999999877
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
eso1503c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1503c.tif
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Metadata Date
2014-09-17T10:34:23+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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