eso_eso1635a October 5th, 2016
Credit: ESO
This richly detailed view of the star formation region Messier 78, in the constellation of Orion (The Hunter), was taken with the VISTA infrared survey telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. As well as the blue regions of reflected light from the hot young stars the image also shows streams of dark dust and the red jets emerging from stars in the process of formation.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1635a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Optical (Z) | 880.0 nm | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Y) | 1.0 µm | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (H) | 1.7 µm | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Ks) | 2.2 µm | |
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (J) | 1.3 µm | |
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