370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula

The third image of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project is an amazing vista of the Lagoon Nebula taken with the 67-million-pixel Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The image covers more than one and a half square degree — an area eight times larger than that of the Full Moon — with a total of about 370 million pixels. It is based on images acquired using three different broadband filters (B, V, R) and one narrow-band filter (H-alpha).

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Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso0936a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:28 september 2009
Gerelateerde berichten:eso0936
Grootte:23569 x 15784 px

Over het object

Naam:Lagoon Nebula, NGC 6523
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Interstellar Medium
Afstand:5000 lichtjaren
Constellation:Sagittarius
Categorie:Nebulae

Mounted Image

Afbeeldingstypen

Grote JPEG
84,7 MB

Inzoomen


Achtergrond

1024x768
373,9 KB
1280x1024
619,9 KB
1600x1200
906,5 KB
1920x1200
1,1 MB
2048x1536
1,4 MB

Coordinates

Position (RA):18 3 36.99
Position (Dec):-24° 23' 12.97"
Field of view:93.49 x 62.61 arcminutes
Orientation:North is 0.0° left of vertical

Kleuren & filters

BandGolflengteTelescoop
Optisch
B
456 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisch
V
539 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisch
R
651 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisch
H-alpha
658 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI