The Orion Nebula spied by Hawk-I

eso_orion-hawk-i December 3rd, 2009

Credit: ESO

The central region of the Orion Nebula (M42, NGC 1976) as seen in the near-infrared by the High Acuity Wide field K-band Imager (HAWK-I) instrument at ESO's Very Large Telescope at Paranal.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/orion-hawk-i/

Curator: European Southern Observatory, Garching bei München, Germany

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details

Image Type: Observation
Object Name: Messier 42 • Orion Nebula
Subject - Milky Way: Nebula > Type > Star Formation

Position Details

Position (ICRS): RA = 5h 35m 23.1s; DEC = -5° 24’ 19.4”
Orientation: North is 0.2° CCW
Field of View: 3.2 x 3.2 arcminutes
Constellation: Orion

Color Mapping

	Telescope	Spectral Band	Wavelength
	VLT (HAWK-I)	Infrared (K)	-

ID: orion-hawk-i
Subject Category: B.4.1.2
Subject Name: Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Credits: ESO

Release Date: 2009-12-03T23:20:38
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Reference Url: https://www.eso.org/public/images/orion-hawk-i/

Type: Observation
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Distance Notes

Facility: Very Large Telescope
Instrument: HAWK-I
Color Assignment: Pseudocolor

Band: Infrared
Bandpass: K
Central Wavelength

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Coordinate Frame: ICRS
Equinox: J2000
Reference Value: 83.8460910323, -5.40538834863
Reference Dimension: 1810.0, 1780.0

Reference Pixel: 905.0, 890.0
Scale: -2.95987038382e-05, 2.95987038382e-05
Rotation: 0.16000000000000003
Coordinate System Projection:: TAN

Quality: Full
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Creator (Curator): European Southern Observatory
URL: http://www.eso.org/
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Address: Karl-Schwarzschild-Strasse 2
City: Garching bei München
State/Province

Postal Code: D-85748
Country: Germany
Rights: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

Publisher: European Southern Observatory
Publisher ID: eso
Resource ID: orion-hawk-i

Resource URL: https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/orion-hawk-i.tif
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Metadata Date: 2009-07-08T09:23:51+02:00
Metadata Version: 1.1

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