The Becklin-Neugebauer Object
Composite (false-) colour image obtained by NAOS-CONICA of the region around the Becklin-Neugebauer object that is deeply embedded in the Orion Nebula. It is based on two exposures, one in the light of shock-excited molecular hydrogen line (H 2 ; wavelength 2.12 µm; here rendered as blue) and one in the broader K-band (2.2 µm; red) from ionized hydrogen. A third (green) image was produced as an "average" of the H 2 and K-band images. The field-of-view measures 20 x 25 arcsec 2, cf. the 1 x 1 arcsec 2 square. North is up and east to the left.
Credit:
ESO
About the Image
| Id: | eso0137g |
| Type: | Observation |
| Release date: | 3 December 2001 |
| Related releases: | eso0137 |
| Size: | 577 x 694 px |
About the Object
| Name: | Becklin-Neugebauer Object |
| Type: | • Milky Way : Star : Evolutionary Stage : Protostar • X - Nebulae |
| Distance: | 1400 light years |
Coordinates
Colours & filters
| Band | Wavelength | Telescope |
| Infrared H |
2.12 μm | Very Large Telescope NACO |
| Infrared Pseudogreen (H+K) |
Very Large Telescope NACO | |
| Infrared K |
2.2 μm | Very Large Telescope NACO |
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