Wide-field view of the Gum 15 star formation region

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eso_eso1420c July 2nd, 2014

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

This relatively unknown wide-field view captures the spectacular celestial landscape around the central object Gum 15. Among many other objects the star cluster NGC 2671 is visible a little to the lower left of centre and at the lower right of the image some of the filaments forming part of the Vela Supernova Remnant can be seen. 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/eso1420c/

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
Gum 15
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 8h 44m 43.7s
DEC = -41° 18’ 45.0”
Orientation
North is 1.1° CCW
Field of View
4.0 x 3.3 degrees
Constellation
Vela
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ID
eso1420c
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Gum 15
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2014-07-02T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1420c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
131.181981785, -41.3125052611
Reference Dimension
14439.0, 11843.0
Reference Pixel
7219.0, 5921.0
Scale
-0.000280180781593, 0.000280180781593
Rotation
1.1
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
eso1420c
Metadata Date
2013-10-29T09:30:59+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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