The Cat’s Paw Nebula as seen by CONCERTO

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eso_ann21010c July 6th, 2021

Credit: CONCERTO team/A. Beelen, ESO

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 total integration time is 16 minutes. 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/ann21010c/

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 Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Cat's Paw Nebula • NGC 6334
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 17h 20m 51.5s
DEC = -35° 46’ 32.7”
Orientation
North is 60.1° CCW
Field of View
34.4 x 22.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Scorpius

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Blue APEX (CONCERTO) Millimeter (195-310 GHz) 1.2 mm
Red APEX (CONCERTO) Millimeter (130-270 GHz) 1.5 mm
Spectrum_ir1
Blue
Red
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ID
ann21010c
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334
Credits
CONCERTO team/A. Beelen, ESO
Release Date
2021-07-06T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/ann21010c/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Atacama Pathfinder Experiment, Atacama Pathfinder Experiment
Instrument
CONCERTO, CONCERTO
Color Assignment
Blue, Red
Band
Millimeter, Millimeter
Bandpass
195-310 GHz, 130-270 GHz
Central Wavelength
1200000, 1500000
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
260.214726143, -35.7757375208
Reference Dimension
1640.0, 1056.0
Reference Pixel
820.0, 528.0
Scale
-0.000349466654608, 0.000349466654608
Rotation
60.120000000000239
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
Email
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
ann21010c
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/ann21010c.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2021-06-23T10:04:50+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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