A deep infrared view of the Orion Nebula from HAWK-I

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eso_eso1625a July 12th, 2016

Credit: ESO/H. Drass et al.

This spectacular image of the Orion Nebula star-formation region was obtained from multiple exposures using the HAWK-I infrared camera on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile. This is the deepest view ever of this region and reveals more very faint planetary-mass objects than expected.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1625a/

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
M 42 Messier 42 Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 16.6s
DEC = -5° 20’ 19.5”
Orientation
North is 90.1° CCW
Field of View
29.1 x 22.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (Ks) 2.1 µm
Green VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (H) 1.6 µm
Blue VLT (HAWK-I) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso1625a
Subject Category
B.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
M 42, Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Credits
ESO/H. Drass et al.
Release Date
2016-07-12T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1625a/
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
2146, 1620, 1258
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.8190714054, -5.3387591763
Reference Dimension
16373.0, 12412.0
Reference Pixel
8186.5, 6206.0
Scale
-2.96337406758e-05, 2.96337406758e-05
Rotation
90.059999999999988
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
eso1625a
Metadata Date
2016-07-06T16:42:49+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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