Wide-field view of the sky around the Medusa Nebula

eso_eso1520c May 20th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This wide-field view shows the sky around the large but faint planetary nebula known as the Medusa Nebula. The full extent of the object can be seen, as well as many faint stars and, far beyond them, numerous distant galaxies.This picture was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1520c/

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: Medusa Nebula • Sh 2-274
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary; Nebula

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 7h 29m 6.3s; DEC = 13° 14’ 38.0”
Orientation: North is 0.5° CW
Field of View: 2.4 x 2.4 degrees
Constellation: Gemini

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Infrared (I)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	-
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1520c
Subject Category: B.4.1.3 B.4
Subject Name: Medusa Nebula, Sh 2-274
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

Release Date: 2015-05-20T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1520c/

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
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 112.276425562, 13.2439005725
Reference Dimension: 8525.0, 8748.0

Reference Pixel: 4262.0, 4374.0
Scale: -0.000279935315018, 0.000279935315018
Rotation: -0.50000000000000011
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso1520c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1520c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-02-09T14:16:44+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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