The Orion Nebula (M42)

 The individual images of the Orion Nebula where obtained with WFI at the ESO/MPG 2.2m telescope on the night of Dec.10-11, 2001. Several images were obtained in the following filters: U (363.690 nm; 15 images for a total exposure time of 1.25 hour); B (456.252 nm; 14 images; total exp.: 21 min); Oxygen [OIII] (502.393 nm; 15 images; total exp.: 32 min); Halpha (658.827 nm; 15 images; total exp.: 32 min); Sulphur [SII] (676.340 nm; 10 images; total exp.: 30 min). ESO Press Photo eso0421 is a false-colour composite of all of the images obtained in B, Halpha, [OIII], and [SII] where each waveband was associated to a given colour: B to blue, [OIII] to green; Halpha to orange, and [SII] to red. The field of view covers 34 x 33 arcmin2. North is up and East is to the left. The images were first processed by Massimo Robberto (STSci) then further combined by Hännes Heyer and Henri Boffin (ESO).

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Über das Bild

ID:eso0421a
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:30. Juni 2004
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso0421
Größe:3500 x 3369 px

Über das Objekt

Name:Messier 42, Orion Nebula
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Entfernung:1400 Lichtjahre
Constellation:Orion
Kategorie:Nebulae

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Koordinaten

Position (RA):5 35 25.83
Position (Dec):-5° 21' 39.36"
Field of view:33.52 x 32.26 arcminutes
Orientierung:Die Nordrichtung liegt 0.1° rechts zur Vertikale

Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichWellenlängeTeleskop
Optisch
B
456 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisch
Oiii
502 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisch
H-alpha
676 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Optisch
Sii
658 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI