370-million-pixel starscape of the Lagoon Nebula
The third image of ESO’s GigaGalaxy Zoom project is an amazing vista of the Lagoon Nebula taken with the 67-million-pixel Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. The image covers more than one and a half square degree— an area eight times larger than that of the Full Moon — with a total of about 370 million pixels. It is based on images acquired using three different broadband filters (B, V, R) and one narrow-band filter (H-alpha).
This image in full resolution (TIF format, 698 MB) is available on this link.
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About the Image
| Id: | eso0936a |
| Release Date: | 28 Sep 2009 |
| Related release: | eso0936 |
| Size: | 7856 x 5261 px |
About the Object
| Type: | • Nebulae |
