An infrared view of the region around the Coronet star cluster

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eso_eso2307f May 11th, 2023

Credit: ESO/Meingast et al.

This image shows the regions around the Coronet star cluster in the Corona Australis constellation. New stars are born in the colourful clouds of gas and dust seen here. The infrared observations underlying the 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/eso2307f/

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
Coronet
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
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Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 19h 1m 50.2s
DEC = -36° 57’ 12.6”
Orientation
North is 160.0° CCW
Field of View
26.2 x 21.9 arcminutes
Constellation
Corona Australis

Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (Ks) 2.2 µm
Green Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (H) 1.7 µm
Blue Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy (VIRCAM) Infrared (J) 1.3 µm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso2307f
Subject Category
B.4.1.2  
Subject Name
Coronet
Credits
ESO/Meingast et al.
Release Date
2023-05-11T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307f/
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
285.459068165, -36.9534869644
Reference Dimension
4718.0, 3944.0
Reference Pixel
2359.5, 1971.5
Scale
-9.2575887676e-05, 9.25807346958e-05
Rotation
160.0004576173
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
eso2307f
Metadata Date
2023-05-04T13:10:06+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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