The star formation region Messier 17
eso_eso1537a September 23rd, 2015
Credit: ESO
This image of the rose-coloured star forming region Messier 17 was captured by the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. It is one of the sharpest images showing the entire nebula and not only reveals its full size but also retains fine detail throughout the cosmic landscape of gas clouds, dust and newborn stars.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1537a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1537a
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.1.1
- Subject Name
- M 17, Messier 17, Swan Nebula
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2015-09-23T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1537a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 275.2630836, -16.1874792101
- Reference Dimension
- 8940.0, 8354.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4470.0, 4177.0
- Scale
- -6.60696506875e-05, 6.60696506875e-05
- Rotation
- 0
- 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
- eso1537a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1537a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2014-07-31T18:20:02+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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