ESO’s Very Large Telescope images the Medusa Nebula
eso_eso1520a May 20th, 2015
Credit: ESO
ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile has captured the most detailed image ever taken of the Medusa Nebula (also known Abell 21 and Sharpless 2-274). As the star at the heart of this nebula made its final transition into retirement, it shed its outer layers into space, forming this colourful cloud. The image foreshadows the final fate of the Sun, which will eventually also become an object of this kind.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1520a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1520a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.3
- Subject Name
- Medusa Nebula, Sh 2-274
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2015-05-20T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1520a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
- Instrument
- FORS2, FORS2, FORS2, FORS2, FORS2
- Color Assignment
- Cyan, Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- [O III], H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 112.297192357, 13.2658378236
- Reference Dimension
- 3293.0, 3430.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1646.0, 1715.0
- Scale
- -3.49979108732e-05, 3.49979108732e-05
- Rotation
- 0.1
- 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
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- eso1520a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1520a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2015-02-09T16:05:24+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
