Infrared/visible light comparison of views of a stellar nursery in Monoceros
eso_eso1039b October 6th, 2010
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
This image compares infrared and visible views of the Monoceros R2 star-forming region. The visible light image (left) was created from digitised photographs through red and blue filters forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The new infrared image (right) was taken with the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. In the infrared, the thick rich dust clouds that cover much of the image become nearly transparent and a whole host of young stars and associated outflows become apparent.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1039b/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1039b
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.2
- Subject Name
- Monoceros R2
- Credits
- ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit
- Release Date
- 2010-10-06T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1039b/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Distance in light years from ESO.
- Facility
- Very Large Telescope, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- HAWK-I, None, VIRCAM, None
- Color Assignment
- Red, Red, Blue, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Optical, Infrared, Optical
- Bandpass
- K, R, H, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- R
- Coordinate Frame
- Equinox
- Reference Value
- Reference Dimension
- 7128.0, 3078.0
- Reference Pixel
- Scale
- Rotation
- Coordinate System Projection:
- Quality
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- http://www.eso.org/
- Name
- 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
- eso1039b
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1039b.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2010-10-04T16:54:19+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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