Star formation region Lupus 3
eso_eso1804a January 31st, 2018
Credit: ESO/R. Colombari
A dark cloud of cosmic dust snakes across this spectacular wide field image, illuminated by the brilliant light of new stars. This dense cloud is a star-forming region called Lupus 3, where dazzlingly hot stars are born from collapsing masses of gas and dust. This image was created from images taken using the VLT Survey Telescope and the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope and is the most detailed image taken so far of this region.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1804a/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso1804a
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Lupus 3
- Credits
- ESO/R. Colombari
- Release Date
- 2018-01-31T12:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso1804a/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
- Instrument
- WFI, None, None, None, None
- Color Assignment
- Luminosity, Green, Blue, Red, Green
- Band
- Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical, Optical
- Bandpass
- R, B, B, R, R
- Central Wavelength
- 651, 467.5, 467.5, 660, 660
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 242.129324203, -39.0848047607
- Reference Dimension
- 18000.0, 11360.0
- Reference Pixel
- 9000.0, 5680.0
- Scale
- -8.38961008334e-05, 8.38961008334e-05
- Rotation
- 0.61999999999999988
- 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
- eso1804a
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso1804a.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2017-11-10T13:59:14+01:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
