NGC 2467 and surroundings*

Area surrounding the stellar cluster NGC 2467, located in the southern constellation of Puppis ("The Stern"). With an age of a few million years at most, it is a very active stellar nursery, where new stars are born continuously from large clouds of dust and gas. The image, looking like a colourful cosmic ghost or a gigantic celestial Mandrill, contains the open clusters Haffner 18 (centre) and Haffner 19 (middle right: it is located inside the smaller pink region — the lower eye of the Mandrill), as well as vast areas of ionised gas. The bright star at the centre of the largest pink region on the bottom of the image is HD 64315, a massive young star that is helping shaping the structure of the whole nebular region.

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O snímku

Id:eso0544a
Typ:Pozorování
Datum zveřejnění:25. prosince 2005
Související články:eso0544
Velikost:10557 x 10557 px

O objektu

Jméno:NGC 2467
Typ:Milky Way : Nebula : Type : Star Formation
Vzdálenost:13000 světelné roky
Constellation:Puppis
Kategorie:Nebulae

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Souřadnice

Position (RA):7 52 19.33
Position (Dec):-26° 26' 29.80"
Field of view:29.77 x 29.77 arcminutes
Orientace:Sever je 90.0° pravá od svislé osy

Barvy & filtry

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B
451 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
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V
539 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
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OIII
502 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
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651 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
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H-alpha
658 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI
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U
340 nmMPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope
WFI