The Trifid Nebula

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eso_eso0930a August 26th, 2009

Credit: ESO

The massive star factory known as the Trifid Nebula was captured in all its glory with the Wide-Field Imager camera attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in northern Chile. So named for the dark dust bands that trisect its glowing heart, the Trifid Nebula is a rare combination of three nebulae types that reveal the fury of freshly formed stars and point to more star birth in the future. The field of view of the image is approximately 13 x 17 arcminutes. #L

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0930a/

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
Trifid Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 2m 42.0s
DEC = -22° 58’ 16.2”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
13.9 x 22.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (R) -
Orange MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (H-alpha) -
Green MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) -
Blue MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (B) -
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ID
eso0930a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Trifid Nebula
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2009-08-26T00:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0930a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from AJ (http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2008hsf2.book..509R)
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
R, H-alpha, V, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
270.6747998, -22.971158961
Reference Dimension
3497.0, 5752.0
Reference Pixel
387.091993697, 2428.91862981
Scale
-6.61781616567e-05, 6.61312891195e-05
Rotation
0.15653912966358
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
eso0930a
Metadata Date
2010-08-30T13:52:03+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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