The Horsehead Nebula

An enlargement of a smaller area. Technical information about these photos is available below. This is an enlargement of a smaller area, measuring 3.8 x 4.1 arcmin 2 . North is to the left and east is down (the usual orientation for showing this object). The frames were recorded with a TK2048 SITe CCD and the ESO-FIERA Controller, built by the Optical Detector Team (ODT). The images were prepared by Cyril Cavadore (ESO-ODT), by means of Prism software.

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Über das Bild

ID:eso0202b
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:25. Januar 2002
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso0202
Größe:1139 x 1255 px

Über das Objekt

Name:Barnard 33, Horsehead Nebula
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Dark
Entfernung:1400 Lichtjahre
Constellation:Orion
Kategorie:Nebulae

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):5 40 58.99
Position (Dec):-2° 27' 30.14"
Field of view:3.81 x 4.20 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 89.9° links zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Optisch
B
Very Large Telescope
FORS2
Optisch
V
Very Large Telescope
FORS2
Optisch
R
Very Large Telescope
FORS2