An infrared/visible comparison view of the Cat’s Paw Nebula

This image compares infrared and visible views of the Cat’s Paw Nebula. The visible light image (right) was taken with the Wide Field Imager on the 2.2-metre MPG/ESO telescope at La Silla in Chile (eso1003). The new infrared image (left) was taken with the VISTA telescope at ESO’s Paranal Observatory. In the infrared, the dust that obscures many stars becomes nearly transparent, revealing a whole host of new stars that are otherwise invisible.

Herkunftsnachweis:

ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA
Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical Survey Unit

Über das Bild

ID:eso1017c
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:21. April 2010 12:00
Dazugehörige Veröffentlichungen:eso1017
Größe:15484 x 8038 px

Über das Objekt

Name:Cat's Paw Nebula, NGC 6334
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Entfernung:5500 Lichtjahre
Kategorie:Nebulae

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Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Optisch
B
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Infrarot
Y
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
VIRCAM
Optisch
V
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Infrarot
J
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
VIRCAM
Infrarot
R
MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
Infrarot
K
Visible and Infrared Survey Telescope for Astronomy
VIRCAM

Endnoten: Exposure data from VISTA relates to the left image and WFI data to the right image.