Wide-field view of the Lupus 3 dark cloud and associated hot young stars

Eso_eso1303c_1024

eso_eso1303c January 16th, 2013

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This wide-field view shows a dark cloud where new stars are forming along with cluster of brilliant stars that have already burst out of their dusty stellar nursery. This cloud is known as Lupus 3 and it lies about 600 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Scorpius (The Scorpion). It is likely that the Sun formed in a similar star formation region more than four billion years ago. This view was created from images forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1303c/

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
Lupus 3
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
Eso_eso1303c_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 16h 9m 36.1s
DEC = -39° 2’ 59.2”
Orientation
North is 0.9° CCW
Field of View
3.0 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Scorpius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue None (None) Optical -
Green DSS2 (None) Optical (I) -
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (R) -
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso1303c_1280
×
ID
eso1303c
Subject Category
B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
Lupus 3
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2013-01-16T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1303c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
None, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None, None
Color Assignment
Blue, Green, Red, Red
Band
Optical, Optical, Infrared, Optical
Bandpass
-, I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
242.400328, -39.04979
Reference Dimension
10573.0, 10570.0
Reference Pixel
4949.80209383, 5393.07513943
Scale
-0.00028007429, 0.00028007429
Rotation
0.86896313941
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
eso1303c
Metadata Date
2012-10-09T15:17:18+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
×

 

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

×

There is no distance meta data in this image.

 

Providers | Sign In