IC 2944 with FORS2

This raw image, straight from the instrument, was used, together with many others, to produce the main photo at the top of this page. The images taken with astronomical instruments are always monochromatic: the information on the colours is obtained by taking exposures through different glass filters. The thick black line cutting the field is the gap between the two detectors in the camera. Long “bleeds” caused by bright stars saturating the detector are also visible.

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ESO

Über das Bild

ID:fors2_ic2944
Typ:Beobachtung
Veröffentlichungsdatum:9. April 2014 11:47
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Über das Objekt

Name:FORS2, IC 2944, Very Large Telescope
Typ:Unspecified : Technology : Observatory : Instrument
Local Universe : Nebula
Kategorie:Nebulae
Paranal

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Farben & Filter

SpektralbereichTeleskop
Very Large Telescope
FORS2