The sky around the Skull Nebula

eso_eso2019c October 30th, 2020

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

This image shows the sky around the location of NGC 246, the Skull Nebula, which is visible in blue at the very centre of the frame. This picture was created from images in the Digitized Sky Survey 2.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2019c/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: NGC246
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Planetary

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 0h 47m 3.0s; DEC = -11° 52’ 27.4”
Orientation: North is 180.2° CCW
Field of View: 2.1 x 1.8 degrees
Constellation: Cetus

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
DSS (None)	Optical (R)	658.0 nm
DSS (None)	Optical (B)	491.0 nm

ID: eso2019c
Subject Category: B.4.1.3
Subject Name: NGC246
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: Davide De Martin

Release Date: 2020-10-30T12:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2019c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey, Digitized Sky Survey
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength: 825, 658, 491

Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 11.7625852815, -11.8742646159
Reference Dimension: 7453.0, 6552.0

Reference Pixel: 3726.5, 3276.0
Scale: -0.00027979638244, 0.00027979638244
Rotation: 180.22000000000001307
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Notes

Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: https://www.eso.org
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Email

Telephone
Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province: None

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: eso2019c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2019c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2020-10-16T18:08:57+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

There is no distance meta data in this image.