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Region R45 in the Carina Nebula

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eso_eso1639e November 2nd, 2016

Credit: ESO/A. McLeod

This image was taken by the MUSE instrument, mounted on ESO’s Very Large Telescope and shows the region R45 within the Carina Nebula, 7500 light-years away. The massive stars within the star formation region slowly destroy the pillars of dust and gas from which they are born.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1639e/

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: Carina Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 10h 41m 21.6s; DEC = -59° 48’ 18.7”
Orientation: North is 90.0° CW
Field of View: 1.0 x 2.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Carina

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (MUSE)	Optical (SII)	671.7 nm
	VLT (MUSE)	Optical (H-Alpha)	656.0 nm
	VLT (MUSE)	Optical (OIII)	500.7 nm

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ID: eso1639e
Subject Category: B.4.2.1.1
Subject Name: Carina Nebula
Credits: ESO/A. McLeod

Release Date: 2016-11-02T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1639e/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument: MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
Color Assignment: Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: SII, H-Alpha, OIII
Central Wavelength: 671.7, 656, 500.7

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 160.33999429, -59.8051892309
Reference Dimension: 304.0, 599.0

Reference Pixel: 152.0, 299.5
Scale: -5.57037242801e-05, 5.57037242801e-05
Rotation: -90.000000000000014
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: eso1639e

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1639e.tif
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Metadata Date: 2016-10-07T11:35:08+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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