ESO’s VLT reveals the Carina Nebula's hidden secrets

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eso_eso1208a February 8th, 2012

Credit: ESO/T. Preibisch

This broad image of the Carina Nebula, a region of massive star formation in the southern skies, was taken in infrared light using the HAWK-I camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope. Many previously hidden features, scattered across a spectacular celestial landscape of gas, dust and young stars, have emerged. #L

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1208a/

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
Carina Nebula NGC 3372
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 10h 44m 6.7s
DEC = -59° 33’ 49.1”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CW
Field of View
23.2 x 15.8 arcminutes
Constellation
Carina

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (Ks) 2.2 µm
Green VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (H) 1.7 µm
Blue VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso1208a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Carina Nebula, NGC 3372
Credits
ESO/T. Preibisch
Release Date
2012-02-08T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1208a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
HAWK-I, HAWK-I, HAWK-I
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
Bandpass
Ks, H, J
Central Wavelength
2200, 1650, 1250
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
161.027721281, -59.5636383252
Reference Dimension
13092.0, 8926.0
Reference Pixel
6546.0, 4463.0
Scale
-2.95854496854e-05, 2.95854496854e-05
Rotation
-0.070934337103064168
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
eso1208a
Metadata Date
2012-01-13T14:45:04+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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