NGC 2467 and surroundings*

Eso_eso0544a_1024

eso_eso0544a December 25th, 2005

Credit: ESO

Area surrounding the stellar cluster NGC 2467, located in the southern constellation of Puppis ("The Stern"). With an age of a few million years at most, it is a very active stellar nursery, where new stars are born continuously from large clouds of dust and gas. The image, looking like a colourful cosmic ghost or a gigantic celestial Mandrill, contains the open clusters Haffner 18 (centre) and Haffner 19 (middle right: it is located inside the smaller pink region — the lower eye of the Mandrill), as well as vast areas of ionised gas. The bright star at the centre of the largest pink region on the bottom of the image is HD 64315, a massive young star that is helping shaping the structure of the whole nebular region. This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop. #L

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0544a/

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
NGC 2467
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Eso_eso0544a_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 7h 52m 19.3s
DEC = -26° 26’ 29.8”
Orientation
North is 90.0° CW
Field of View
29.8 x 29.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Puppis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (B) 451.0 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) 539.6 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (R) 651.7 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (OIII) 502.6 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (H-alpha) 658.8 nm
MPG-2.2m (WFI) Ultraviolet (U) 340.4 nm
Spectrum_base
Eso_eso0544a_1280
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ID
eso0544a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
NGC 2467
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2005-12-25T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0544a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from: http://iopscience.iop.org/0004-637X/700/1/506/fulltext
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, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Ultraviolet
Bandpass
B, V, R, OIII, H-alpha, U
Central Wavelength
451, 539.6, 651.7, 502.6, 658.8, 340.4
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
118.080542, -26.441611
Reference Dimension
1280.0, 1280.0
Reference Pixel
449.756358425, 444.955773826
Scale
-0.00038764465, 0.00038764465
Rotation
-90.01827372968
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
eso0544a
Metadata Date
2007-08-09T16:51:59+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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