Wide-field view of part of the Coalsack Nebula

Eso_eso1539c_1024

eso_eso1539c October 14th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This rich landscape is part of the small constellation of Crux (The Southern Cross). The very bright star is Alpha Crucis, also known as Acrux, one of the four stars that make up the famous cross shape. Most of the upper left part of this image is filled with dark dusty clouds that form part of the huge dark nebula called the Coalsack.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1539c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Coalsack Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 12h 33m 51.4s
DEC = -63° 48’ 34.7”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
4.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Crux

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Orange DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
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ID
eso1539c
Subject Category
B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
Coalsack Nebula
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2015-10-14T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1539c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
I, R
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
188.464213064, -63.8096395364
Reference Dimension
14328.0, 10728.0
Reference Pixel
7164.0, 5364.0
Scale
-0.000280511515867, 0.000280511515867
Rotation
0.65999999999999981
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
eso1539c
Metadata Date
2015-09-14T12:02:14+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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