The Orion Nebula*

This new image of the Orion Nebula was captured using the Wide Field Imager camera on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory, Chile. This image is a composite of several exposures taken through a total of five different filters. Light that passed through a red filter, as well as light from a filter that shows the glowing hydrogen gas, is coloured red. Light in the yellow–green part of the spectrum is coloured green, blue light is coloured blue and light that passed through an ultraviolet filter has been coloured purple. The exposure times were about 52 minutes through each filter. 

This image is available as a mounted image in the ESOshop.

Oikeudet:

ESO/Igor Chekalin

Kuvasta

Tunnistus:eso1103a
Tyyppi:Havainto
Julkaisupäivä:19. tammikuuta 2011 12:00
Vastaavat julkaisut:eso1103
Koko:8948 x 8597 px

Kohteesta

Nimi:M 42, Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Tyyppi:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Etäisyys:1400 valovuotta
Constellation:Orion
Kategoria:Nebulae

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Position (RA):5 35 17.32
Position (Dec):-5° 23' 27.55"
Field of view:35.49 x 34.10 arcminutes
Suuntaus:Pohjoinen on 0.0° vasen pystysuuntaan nähden

Värit ja suotimet

KaistaAallonpituusTeleskooppi
Ultravioletti
U
340 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optinen
B
451 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optinen
V
539 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optinen
H-alpha
658 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optinen
R
651 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI