The planetary nebula ESO 378-1

eso_eso1532a August 5th, 2015

Credit: ESO

This extraordinary bubble, glowing like the ghost of a star in the haunting darkness of space, may appear supernatural and mysterious, but it is a familiar astronomical object: a planetary nebula, the remnants of a dying star. This is the best view of the little-known object ESO 378-1 yet obtained and was captured by ESO’s Very Large Telescope in northern Chile.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1532a/

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: PN K1-22
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 11h 26m 44.0s; DEC = -34° 22’ 14.9”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 6.7 x 6.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Hydra

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (FORS2)	Optical ([O III])	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (H-alpha)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (R)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (V)	-
VLT (FORS2)	Optical (B)	-

ID: eso1532a
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: PN K1-22
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2015-08-05T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1532a/

Type: Observation
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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
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 171.683138048, -34.3708069128
Reference Dimension: 3188.0, 2950.0

Reference Pixel: 1594.0, 1475.0
Scale: -3.50243716649e-05, 3.50243716649e-05
Rotation: 0
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: eso1532a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1532a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2015-03-20T17:28:58+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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