The R Coronae Australis region imaged with the Wide Field Imager at La Silla*

The nearby star-forming region around the star R Coronae Australis imaged by the Wide Field Imager (WFI) on the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile. This picture, which covers a field of 33.7 x 31.9 arcminutes (about the diameter of the full Moon), is a combination of twelve CCD frames, 67 megapixels each, taken through B, V and R filters, with four exposures of five minutes each.

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Credit:

ESO

Over de afbeelding

Id:eso1027a
Type:Observatie
Publicatiedatum:30 juni 2010 12:00
Gerelateerde berichten:eso1027
Related science announcements:sciann13047
Grootte:8795 x 8573 px

Over het object

Naam:R Coronae Australis
Type:Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Reflection
Milky Way : Nebula : Appearance : Emission : H II Region
Afstand:400 lichtjaren
Constellation:Corona Australis
Categorie:Nebulae

Mounted Image

Image Formats

Grote JPEG
29,2 MB

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Coordinates

Position (RA):19 1 53.72
Position (Dec):-36° 57' 9.47"
Field of view:34.87 x 33.99 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