A stellar sprinkler (alternative colour view)

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eso_potw2316b April 17th, 2023

Credit: ESO/Kirwan et al.

This is the young stellar object 244-440 in the Orion Nebula observed with ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT) –– the sharpest image ever taken of this object. The data were obtained with the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) instrument, with red, green and blue colours mapping the distribution of argon, hydrogen and oxygen respectively. MUSE captures data at thousands of different wavelengths all at once, allowing astronomers to study not only the distribution of many different chemical elements but also how they move. Click here for a more detailed description of this object.

Provider: European Southern Observatory

Image Source: https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2316b/

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

Image Use Policy: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License

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Image Details Image Details

Image Type
Observation
Object Name
V* V2423 Ori
Subject - Milky Way
Star > Evolutionary Stage > Young Stellar Object
Eso_potw2316b_128
 

Position Details Position Details

Position (ICRS)
RA = 5h 35m 24.5s
DEC = -5° 24’ 39.7”
Orientation
North is up
Field of View
0.1 x 0.1 arcminutes
Constellation
Orion

Color Mapping Details Color Mapping

  Telescope Spectral Band Wavelength
Red VLT (MUSE) Optical (Ar III) 713.0 nm
Green VLT (MUSE) Optical (H-alpha) 656.0 nm
Blue VLT (MUSE) Optical (OI) 630.0 nm
Spectrum_base
Red
Green
Blue
Eso_potw2316b_1280
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ID
potw2316b
Subject Category
B.3.1.2  
Subject Name
V* V2423 Ori
Credits
ESO/Kirwan et al.
Release Date
2023-04-17T06:00:00
Lightyears
Redshift
Reference Url
https://www.eso.org/public/images/potw2316b/
Type
Observation
Image Quality
Distance Notes
Facility
Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope, Very Large Telescope
Instrument
MUSE, MUSE, MUSE
Color Assignment
Red, Green, Blue
Band
Optical, Optical, Optical
Bandpass
Ar III, H-alpha, OI
Central Wavelength
713, 656, 630
Start Time
Integration Time
Dataset ID
None, None, None
Notes
Coordinate Frame
ICRS
Equinox
J2000
Reference Value
83.8519259115, -5.41101934683
Reference Dimension
684.0, 662.0
Reference Pixel
342.0, 331.0
Scale
-3.49182076173e-06, 3.49182076173e-06
Rotation
-0
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
potw2316b
Resource URL
https://www.eso.org/public/archives/images/original/potw2316b.tif
Related Resources
Metadata Date
2023-03-31T12:51:06+02:00
Metadata Version
1.1
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