The Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47 seen with ESO’s New Technology Telescope

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eso_eso1336c August 20th, 2013

Credit: ESO/Bo Reipurth

This image from ESO's New Technology Telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile shows the Herbig-Haro object HH 46/47 as jets emerging from a star-forming dark cloud. This object was the target of a study using ALMA during the Early Science phase.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1336c/

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
HH 46 HH 47
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Circumstellar Material > Outflow
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 8h 25m 44.4s
DEC = -51° 0’ 25.8”
Orientation
North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View
7.5 x 10.4 arcminutes
Constellation
Vela

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red NTT (EMMI) Infrared (I) 798.5 nm
Red NTT (EMMI) Optical (SII) 672.8 nm
Green NTT (EMMI) Optical (V) 542.6 nm
Blue NTT (EMMI) Optical (B) 422.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso1336c
Subject Category
B.3.7.3  
Subject Name
HH 46, HH 47
Credits
ESO/Bo Reipurth
Release Date
2013-08-20T16:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1336c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope, New Technology Telescope
Instrument
EMMI, EMMI, EMMI, EMMI
Color Assignment
Red, Red, Green, Blue
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, SII, V, B
Central Wavelength
798.5, 672.8, 542.6, 422
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
126.434864, -51.007155
Reference Dimension
1793.0, 2470.0
Reference Pixel
894.81208269, 1592.57035026
Scale
-6.999247e-05, 6.999247e-05
Rotation
0.23677898206
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
eso1336c
Metadata Date
2013-08-16T15:40:16+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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