The Prawn Nebula in close-up
eso_eso1535a September 2nd, 2015
Credit: ESO
The rich patchwork of gas clouds in this new image make up part of a huge stellar nursery nicknamed the Prawn Nebula (also known as Gum 56 and IC 4628). Taken using the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile, this may well be one of the best pictures ever taken of this object. It shows clumps of hot new-born stars nestled in among the clouds that make up the nebula.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1535a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1535a
- Subject Category
- B.4.2.1
- Subject Name
- Gum 56, IC 4628
- Credits
- ESO
- Release Date
- 2015-09-02T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1535a/
- 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, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, None, None
- Instrument
- WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, WFI, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Green, Orange, Red, Blue, Cyan, Blue, Cyan
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- V, R, H-alpha, B, [O III], -, -
- Central Wavelength
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 254.743674244, -40.2171995853
- Reference Dimension
- 8622.0, 8622.0
- Reference Pixel
- 4311.0, 4311.0
- Scale
- -6.60544760829e-05, 6.60544760829e-05
- Rotation
- 0
- 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
- eso1535a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1535a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2015-08-21T16:04:30+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
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