Wide-field view around the RCW 94/95 nebulae

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eso_eso2518d October 31st, 2025

Credit: ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2

This image from the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) shows the region of the sky around the RCW 94 and RCW 95 nebulae, seen here at the centre of the image. The nebulae are part of a larger complex of clouds resembling a bat, with RCW 94 representing the right wing and RCW 95 the body, respectively.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2518d/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Type
Observation
Object Name
RCW 94 RCW 95
Subject - Milky Way
Nebula > Type > Star Formation
Nebula > Appearance > Emission > H II Region
Eso_eso2518d_1280
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ID
eso2518d
Subject Category
B.4.1.2   B.4.2.1.1  
Subject Name
RCW 94, RCW 95
Credits
ESO/Digitized Sky Survey 2
Release Date
2025-10-31T09:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/eso2518d/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Instrument
Color Assignment
Band
Bandpass
Central Wavelength
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
Notes
Coordinate Frame
Equinox
Reference Value
Reference Dimension
12401.0, 12380.0
Reference Pixel
Scale
Rotation
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Quality
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
eso2518d
Metadata Date
2025-10-24T14:07:17+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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