An infrared view of the Lupus 3 region
eso_eso2307c May 11th, 2023
Credit: ESO/Meingast et al.
This image shows the region Lupus 3. 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.
Provider: European Southern Observatory
Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307c/
Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, None, Germany
Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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- ID
- eso2307c
- Subject Category
- B.4.1.2
- Subject Name
- Lupus 3
- Credits
- ESO/Meingast et al.
- Release Date
- 2023-05-11T14:00:00
- Lightyears
- Redshift
- Reference Url
- https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307c/
- Type
- Observation
- Image Quality
- Distance Notes
- Facility
- Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy, Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
- Instrument
- VIRCAM, VIRCAM, VIRCAM
- Color Assignment
- Red, Green, Blue
- Band
- Infrared, Infrared, Infrared
- Bandpass
- Ks, H, J
- Central Wavelength
- 2150, 1650, 1250
- Start Time
- Integration Time
- Dataset ID
- None, None, None
- Notes
- Coordinate Frame
- ICRS
- Equinox
- J2000
- Reference Value
- 242.371443691, -39.1281664787
- Reference Dimension
- 6722.0, 6202.0
- Reference Pixel
- 3361.5, 3100.5
- Scale
- -9.25850742015e-05, 9.25845473629e-05
- Rotation
- 43.24017513476
- Coordinate System Projection:
- TAN
- Quality
- Full
- FITS Header
- Notes
- Creator (Curator)
- European Southern Observatory
- URL
- https://www.eso.org
- Name
- 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
- eso2307c
- Resource URL
- https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/eso2307c.tif
- Related Resources
- Metadata Date
- 2023-05-03T10:12:24+02:00
- Metadata Version
- 1.1
Detailed color mapping information coming soon...
