Messier 78: a reflection nebula in Orion
eso_eso1105a February 16th, 2011
Credit: ESO/Igor Chekalin
This new image of the reflection nebula Messier 78 was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This colour picture was created from many monochrome exposures taken through blue, yellow/green and red filters, supplemented by exposures through a filter that isolates light from glowing hydrogen gas. The total exposure times were 9, 9, 17.5 and 15.5 minutes per filter, respectively. #L
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1105a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1105a
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.2
- Subject Name
- M 78, Messier 78
- Credits
- ESO/Igor Chekalin
- Release Date
- 2011-02-16T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1105a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI
- Color Assignment
- Red, Orange, Green, Blue
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- H-alpha, R, V, B
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 86.655912648, 0.111282634177
- Reference Dimension
- 1280.0, 1240.0
- Reference Pixel
- 679.0, 656.0
- Scale
- -0.000448367379177, 0.000448367379177
- Rotation
- -1.57045568164
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- 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
- eso1105a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1105a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2011-02-01T12:00:03+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
