NGC 6369

eso_eso1724ab August 2nd, 2017

Credit: ESO/P. Weilbacher

The image depicts the true power of the Adaptive Optics Facility (AOF), revealing much finer details in the faint planetary nebula structure. This image is part of an image comparison.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1724ab/

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: NGC 6369
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 17h 29m 20.4s; DEC = -23° 45’ 35.4”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 1.0 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation: Ophiuchus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VLT (MUSE)	Optical (NII)	658.0 nm
VLT (MUSE)	Optical (H-alpha)	656.0 nm
VLT (MUSE)	Optical (OI)	630.0 nm
VLT (MUSE)	Optical (NII)	575.0 nm
VLT (MUSE)	Optical (OIII)	500.0 nm

ID: eso1724ab
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: NGC 6369
Credits: ESO/P. Weilbacher

Release Date: 2017-08-02T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1724ab/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

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

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: NII, H-alpha, OI, NII, OIII
Central Wavelength: 658, 656, 630, 575, 500

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 262.334954466, -23.7598306381
Reference Dimension: 594.0, 610.0

Reference Pixel: 297.0, 305.0
Scale: -2.7793178956e-05, 2.7793178956e-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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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: eso1724ab

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1724ab.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-07-28T13:14:17+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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