Stellar Nursery Blooms into View

eso_eso1740a December 13th, 2017

Credit: ESO

The OmegaCAM imager on ESO’s VLT Survey Telescope has captured this glittering view of the stellar nursery called Sharpless 29. Many astronomical phenomena can be seen in this giant image, including cosmic dust and gas clouds that reflect, absorb, and re-emit the light of hot young stars within the nebula.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1740a/

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: Sharpless 29
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 18h 9m 40.4s; DEC = -24° 1’ 29.6”
Orientation: North is 90.0° CCW
Field of View: 1.0 x 0.9 degrees
Constellation: Sagittarius

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (Redshifted H Alpha +NII)	852.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (i)	770.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (r)	625.0 nm
VST (OmegaCAM)	Optical (g)	480.0 nm

ID: eso1740a
Subject Category: B.4.2.1.1
Subject Name: Sharpless 29
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2017-12-13T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1740a/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope, VLT Survey Telescope
Instrument: OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM, OmegaCAM
Color Assignment: Red, Red, Green, Blue

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: Redshifted H Alpha +NII, i, r, g
Central Wavelength: 852, 770, 625, 480

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 272.418394741, -24.0248878908
Reference Dimension: 17603.0, 14731.0

Reference Pixel: 8801.5, 7365.5
Scale: -5.9491736072e-05, 5.9491736072e-05
Rotation: 89.960000000000022
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org
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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: eso1740a

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1740a.tif
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Metadata Date: 2017-12-11T16:28:21+01:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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