An infrared view of the L1688 region in Ophiuchus

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eso_eso2307a May 11th, 2023

Credit: ESO/Meingast et al.

This image shows the L1688 region in the Ophiuchus constellation. New stars are born in the colourful clouds of gas and dust seen here. The infrared observations underlying this image reveal new details in the star-forming regions that are usually obscured by the clouds of dust. The image was produced with data collected by the VIRCAM instrument, which is attached to the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile. The observations were done as part of the VISIONS survey, which will allow astronomers to better understand how stars form in these dust-enshrouded regions. This 520-million-pixel image can be explored in more detail with this zoomable version.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307a/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
L1688
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 15h 44m 51.1s
DEC = -34° 15’ 39.8”
Orientation
North is 50.6° CW
Field of View
2.7 x 1.6 degrees
Constellation
Lupus
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ID
eso2307a
Subject Category
B.4.1.2   B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
L1688
Credits
ESO/Meingast et al.
Release Date
2023-05-11T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307a/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
236.2129288, -34.2610476348
Reference Dimension
29366.0, 17741.0
Reference Pixel
14683.5, 8870.0
Scale
-9.25967930175e-05, 9.25970280321e-05
Rotation
-50.591163071231
Coordinate System Projection:
TAN
Quality
Full
FITS Header
Notes
Creator (Curator)
European Southern Observatory
URL
https://www.eso.org
Name
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
eso2307a
Metadata Date
2023-03-16T14:07:39+01:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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