NGC 6563

Eso_eso1724cb_1024

eso_eso1724cb August 2nd, 2017

Credit: ESO/P. Weilbacher

The planetary nebula NGC 6563 resides in a crowded starry region of the sky. In natural sky conditions many of these stars remain invisible due to the blurring effect of the Earth’s atmosphere. When the AOF supplies its superb correction a myriad fainter stars become visible, together with a sharper view of the dusty parts of the nebula itself. This image is part of an image comparison.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1724cb/

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
NGC 6563
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Planetary
Eso_eso1724cb_128
 

Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 18h 12m 2.5s
DEC = -33° 52’ 6.8”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
1.0 x 1.0 arcminutes
Constellation
Sagittarius

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue VLT (MUSE) Optical (OIII) 500.0 nm
Blue VLT (MUSE) Optical (V) 547.0 nm
Blue VLT (MUSE) Optical (NII) 575.0 nm
Red VLT (MUSE) Optical (OI) 630.0 nm
Yellow VLT (MUSE) Optical (OI Continuum) 634.0 nm
Green VLT (MUSE) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Yellow VLT (MUSE) Optical (NII) 658.0 nm
Orange VLT (MUSE) Optical (I) 879.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Blue
Blue
Blue
Red
Yellow
Green
Yellow
Orange
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ID
eso1724cb
Subject Category
B.4.1.3  
Subject Name
NGC 6563
Credits
ESO/P. Weilbacher
Release Date
2017-08-02T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1724cb/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
MUSE, MUSE, MUSE, MUSE, MUSE, MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
Color Assignment
Blue, Blue, Blue, Red, Yellow, Green, Yellow, Orange
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
OIII, V, NII, OI, OI Continuum, H-alpha, NII, I
Central Wavelength
500, 547, 575, 630, 634, 656, 658, 879
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
273.010403678, -33.868550409
Reference Dimension
608.0, 612.0
Reference Pixel
304.0, 306.0
Scale
-2.77618328646e-05, 2.77618328646e-05
Rotation
-0
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
eso1724cb
Metadata Date
2017-07-28T13:08:18+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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