The Coronet region in visible light

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eso_eso2307i May 11th, 2023

Credit: ESO

This image, taken with the Wide Field Imager on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile, shows the nearby star-forming region around the Coronet star cluster, in the Corona Australis constellation.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307i/

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
Nebula > Appearance > Dark
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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 MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (R) 651.0 nm
Green MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (V) 539.0 nm
Blue MPG-2.2m (WFI) Optical (B) 456.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
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ID
eso2307i
Subject Category
B.4.1.2   B.4.2.3  
Subject Name
Coronet
Credits
ESO
Release Date
2023-05-11T14:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2307i/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope, MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
Instrument
WFI, WFI, WFI
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
R, V, B
Central Wavelength
651, 539, 456
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
eso2307i
Metadata Date
2023-05-04T13:10:35+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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