Wide-field view of the sky around the planetary nebula Henize 2-428

Eso_eso1505d_1024

eso_eso1505d February 9th, 2015

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This picture shows the sky around the planetary nebula Henize 2-428. The object itself is visible as a small curving nebula at the centre of the picture, surrounded by huge number of faint stars in the Milky Way. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1505d/

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
Hen 2-428 Henize 2-428
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Eso_eso1505d_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 13m 4.6s
DEC = 15° 46’ 53.7”
Orientation
North is 0.7° CCW
Field of View
1.8 x 1.9 degrees
Constellation
Aquila

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Infrared (I) -
Orange DSS2 (None) Optical (R) -
Cyan DSS2 (None) Optical (B) -
Eso_eso1505d_1280
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ID
eso1505d
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
Hen 2-428, Henize 2-428
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2015-02-09T17:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1505d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Orange, Cyan
Band
Infrared, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
I, R, B
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
288.269201523, 15.7815877744
Reference Dimension
6549.0, 6962.0
Reference Pixel
3274.0, 3481.0
Scale
-0.000279817226478, 0.000279817226478
Rotation
0.72
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
eso1505d
Metadata Date
2015-02-02T11:01:14+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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