eso_eso1017c April 21st, 2010
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTAAcknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This image compares infrared and visible views of the Cat’s Paw Nebula. The visible light image (right) was taken with the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla in Chile (eso1003). The new infrared image (left) was taken with the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. In the infrared, the dust that obscures many stars becomes nearly transparent, revealing a whole host of new stars that are otherwise invisible.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1017c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (B) | - | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Y) | - | |
MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Optical (V) | - | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (J) | - | |
MPG-2.2m (WFI) | Infrared (R) | - | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (K) | - | |
Exposure data from VISTA relates to the left image and WFI data to the right image. |
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
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