Wide-field view of the field around Monoceros R2

Eso_eso1039e_1024

eso_eso1039e October 6th, 2010

Credit: ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin

This visible light wide-field image of the region around Monoceros R2 was created from photographs taken through red and blue filters and forming part of the Digitized Sky Survey 2. The nebula NGC 2170, the brightest reflection nebula in this region, appears just to the right of centre. The field of view is approximately three degrees across.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1039e/

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 Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
Monoceros R2 • NGC 2170
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula
Eso_eso1039e_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 6h 7m 46.6s
DEC = -6° 22’ 59.5”
Orientation
North is 0.1° CCW
Field of View
3.1 x 3.0 degrees
Constellation
Monoceros

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red DSS2 (None) Optical (R) 658.0 nm
Blue DSS2 (None) Optical (B) 445.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Blue
Eso_eso1039e_1280
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ID
eso1039e
Subject Category
B.4  
Subject Name
Monoceros R2, NGC 2170
Credits
ESO and Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgment: Davide De Martin
Release Date
2010-10-06T12:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1039e/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Distance in light years from ESO.
Facility
Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument
None, None
Color Assignment
Red, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, B
Central Wavelength
658, 445
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
91.944233, -6.383204
Reference Dimension
10988.0, 10685.0
Reference Pixel
5642.12557302, 5347.20141712
Scale
-0.00027984201, 0.00027984201
Rotation
0.07233655974
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
eso1039e
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1039e.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2010-10-04T17:55:42+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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