Wide-field view of the Cone Nebula region of the sky

eso_eso2215c November 10th, 2022

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

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) shows the region of the sky around the Cone Nebula. The nebulous area at the centre of the image is NGC 2264, an area of the sky that includes the Christmas Tree star cluster and the Cone Nebula below it (at the very centre of the frame).

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2215c/

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: Cone Nebula • NGC 2264
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 6h 41m 12.8s; DEC = 9° 26’ 12.8”
Orientation: North is 0.1° CW
Field of View: 2.8 x 2.8 degrees
Constellation: Monoceros

Color Mapping

Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
DSS2 (None)	Optical (I)	825.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (R)	649.0 nm
DSS2 (None)	Optical (B)	479.0 nm

ID: eso2215c
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name: Cone Nebula, NGC 2264
Credits: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2. Acknowledgement: D. De Martin

Release Date: 2022-11-10T14:00:00
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2215c/

Type: Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes

Facility: Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2, Digitized Sky Survey 2
Instrument: None, None, None
Color Assignment: Red, Orange, Cyan

Band: Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass: I, R, B
Central Wavelength: 825, 649, 479

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Integration Time
Dataset ID: None, None, None
Notes

Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 100.303501275, 9.43689103599
Reference Dimension: 10000.0, 10000.0

Reference Pixel: 5000.0, 5000.0
Scale: -0.000280288523346, 0.000280288523346
Rotation: -0.1
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: eso2215c

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2215c.tif
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Metadata Date: 2022-09-13T16:44:33+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

Detailed color mapping information coming soon...

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