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Serpens star forming region

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eso_eso0736b August 22nd, 2007

Credit: ESO

The figure shows the Serpens star-forming region, as it was imaged during commissioning, on HAWK-I's four large infrared detectors. The gap between them is real, and multiple exposures are required to make a filled-in picture. The colour composite was created from images taken through three filters, J, H and K.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0736b/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Serpens Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Reflection; Nebula > Appearance > Dark

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Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 29m 55.4s; DEC = 1° 17’ 11.5”
Orientation: North is up
Field of View: 7.5 x 7.5 arcminutes
Constellation: Serpens

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (K)	-
	VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (H)	-
	VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (J)	-

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ID: eso0736b
Subject Category: B.4.2.2 B.4.2.3
Subject Name: Serpens Nebula
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2007-08-22T00:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso0736b/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes: Approximate distance in light years.

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: K, H, J
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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 277.48095739, 1.2865378011
Reference Dimension: 1280.0, 1278.0

Reference Pixel: 400.0, 852.0
Scale: -9.79183658547e-05, 9.79183658547e-05
Rotation: 0.040854312419978944
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
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Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso0736b

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso0736b.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-01-26T15:10:26+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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