CONCERTO show starts with new view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula
eso_ann21010a July 6th, 2021
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This image of the star-forming region NGC 6334, also known as the Cat’s Paw Nebula, is one of the first-light images taken by the CONCERTO instrument on the APEX telescope, operated by ESO. The new observations, shown in white and pink tones, have been superimposed to an image of the same region taken in near-infrared light by ESO’s VISTA telescope at Paranal. CONCERTO is able to scan the sky at frequencies between infrared and radio waves and has been designed to look at radiation emitted by ionised carbon atoms, one of the most valuable tracers of star formation in the early cosmic ages.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann21010a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Image Details
Position Details
Color Mapping
| Telescope | Spectral Band | Wavelength | |
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APEX (CONCERTO) | Millimeter (195-310 GHz) | 1.2 mm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (J) | 1.3 µm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (H) | 1.6 µm |
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Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) | Infrared (Y) | 1.0 µm |
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APEX (CONCERTO) | Millimeter (130-270GHz) | 1.5 mm |
- ID
- ann21010a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334
- Credits
- ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2021-07-06T14:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann21010a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
- Instrument
- CONCERTO, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM, CONCERTO
- Color Assignment
- Blue, Green, Red, Blue, Red
- Band
- Millimeter, Infrared, Infrared, Infrared, Millimeter
- Bandpass
- 195-310 GHz, J, H, Y, 130-270GHz
- Central Wavelength
- 1200000, 1252, 1645, 1020, 1500000
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 260.211622096, -35.7748697755
- Reference Dimension
- 2076.0, 1390.0
- Reference Pixel
- 1038.0, 695.0
- Scale
- -0.00029611758423, 0.00029611758423
- Rotation
- 59.900000000000126
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- https://www.eso.org
- Name
- Telephone
- Address
- Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
- City
- Garching bei München
- State/Province
- None
- Postal Code
- D-85748
- Country
- Germany
- Rights
- Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
- Publisher
- European Southern Observatory
- Publisher ID
- eso
- Resource ID
- ann21010a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ann21010a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2021-06-23T09:55:25+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
